Should Michael Vick get another chance? Yes.
Should Pete Rose? No.
The New York Daily News says Commissioner Bud Selig is considering Pete Rose’s possible reinstatement for Hall of Fame eligibility. Buster Olney, the voice of baseball for ESPN, says he’ll vote for Rose if he’s reinstated. I wouldn’t. Rose undermined the credibility of his sport, lied [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Baseball’
July 28, 2009
Second Chances: Vick and Rose
July 5, 2009
Government’s Obsession with Baseball, Take 4
Baseball writers across the country are wringing their hands over the welcome Manny is getting now that he finished his 50-game suspension. The truth: fans cared only when they thought a handful of top players were doing steroids. It messed with the record book. Now that it is pretty obvious that the use of PEDs [...]
June 16, 2009
When do we investigate the investigators?
So, once again “lawyers with knowledge of the drug-testing results” from the 2003 baseball season broke the law and leaked information about the confidential tests, this time fingering Sammy Sosa as one of the 104 players who tested positive to the New York Times. These tests are under seal as the Ninth Circuit Court of [...]
June 16, 2009
Posada the Problem?
We all know the Yankees’ run of four World Series titles was built on pitching. And we all knew that, despite the success of the staff, many of those pitchers grumbled about Jorge Posada. Not when he was belting doubles and home runs at the plate. But more than a few were less than thrilled [...]
May 9, 2009
Derek’s Sorrow
Is it just me, or does Derek Jeter look perpetually unhappy?
Granted, there hasn’t been much joy around the Yankees this spring. Injuries continue to plague an aging team, the three free agents are tense and tight—CC’s gem last night notwithstanding—and the new Yankee Stadium is an embarrassment, a monument to the greed and excess of [...]
