Posts Tagged ‘PEDs’

Gov’t Needs to Investigate Illegal List Leakers

More news on the ongoing battle for “the List:” SAN FRANCISCO — An appeals court ruled Wednesday that federal agents were wrong to seize the infamous drug list and samples of 104 Major League Baseball players who allegedly tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. In...

August 27th, 2009 | Featured | Read More

MLB and Players Union Start Spinning Steroids

Hey! What we’ve been waiting for! The commisioner’s office and the Players Association team up: Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association each released statements on Saturday, warning that any conclusions reached about the 104 names on a list of players who allegedly tested...

August 9th, 2009 | Columns, Featured | Read More

Revised: Manny (and Ortiz) Tested Positive; We’re Here for You, Red Sox Nation

As a courtesy to our readers, we are updating a previous article chronicling Manny Ramirez’s 2009 positive PED test and our support for Red Sox Nation. Via ESPN: Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz were among the 104 major league players listed as having tested positive for performance-enhancing substances...

July 31st, 2009 | Columns, Featured | Read More

Bill James Comments on Steroids

It has been a long time coming, but Bill James has written his thesis regarding steroids: For the last ten years or so people have been asking me to comment on the issue of steroids and the Hall of Fame. To this point I have resisted addressing these questions, arguing—as I do with the Hall of Fame...

July 23rd, 2009 | Featured | Read More

Cal Ripken: The Steroid Savior?

Buster Olney blogs that Cal Ripken can help bring change to the steroid issues in baseball. The nut($): Cal Ripken answered a question last week from an audience related to the issue of steroids and Alex Rodriguez, and it was in that context in which he gave this interesting answer: “I really...

May 20th, 2009 | Columns | Read More

Manny Tested Positive; We’re Here for You, Red Sox Nation

Via ESPN: Major League Baseball is expected to announce Thursday that Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and will be suspended for 50 games, The Los Angeles Times is reporting. Ramirez’s test result and suspension are expected to be...

May 7th, 2009 | Columns | Read More

Forget Steroids Past. Cleanup Steroids Future.

Ben K. over at RAB writes a bit about Angel Presinal and the Daily News story about his apparent PED pushing. The conclusion? Those of us who care, even a little bit, about the drug issue may find a current scandal all the motivation for a better fix. I agree completely. And, I think Presinal’s...

February 23rd, 2009 | Columns | Read More

An Outline for Fixing Baseball’s Steroid Problem

Various people in the media over the last week have been asking the members of the Major League Baseball community to come clean and tell the truth. With Alex Rodriguez owning up to using steroids, a new fervor has been created about what exactly is right and wrong with baseball and it’s policy...

February 13th, 2009 | Columns | Read More

Don’t Release the Other 103 Names

Now that Alex Rodriguez has come somewhat clean about his steroid use, the dominant opinion in papers and on the airwaves has been the desire to release the other 103 names from MLBs 2003 testing. At first I thought this was a good idea but the more I think about it, the worse it becomes. There seems...

February 11th, 2009 | Columns | Read More

Open Letter to A-Rod: Time To Grow Up

Dear Alex, It’s been quite a busy couple of days. I have to admit, I was pretty disappointed when I learned the news of your steroid usage. In many ways, I wasn’t surprised. It’s hard to be with every other day revealing more bad news in this never-ending story. I, like many others,...

February 9th, 2009 | Columns | Read More

A-Rod Brings the Laughter

The gutteral cackling could be heard across the Charles River, down I-95 past the clanging bandits of the Indian casinos, along the New York Throughway and into an unfinished coliseum of Goliath proportions. It was the final FU from a five year old debt, partially paid back with four games of utter...

February 7th, 2009 | Columns | Read More

SI: Arod tested positive for steroids in 2003

From SI: In 2003, when he won the American League home run title and the AL Most Valuable Player award as a shortstop for the Texas Rangers, Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two anabolic steroids, four sources have independently told Sports Illustrated. Rodriguez’s name appears on a list of 104...

February 7th, 2009 | Columns | Read More