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Dodgers Make a Fourth Bid to Bring Back Manny Ramírez

Post — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

In their fourth attempt to sign Manny Ramirez, the Dodgers offer a one-year, $25 million contract with a $20 million player option for 2010.

Hamstring Injury Will Keep Blue Jays' Vernon Wells Out Two Weeks

Post — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells expects to miss two weeks after an MRI exam showed he re-injured the left hamstring that kept him on the DL for a month last season.

Beer, Alcohol Sales Banned in Toronto for Game After Unruly Fans Litter Field

Post — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Beer and alcohol sales were banned at the Tigers-Blue Jays game last night in Toronto, a day after their season opener was delayed when unruly fans littered the field with baseballs and debris.

Union Chief Donald Fehr Says Baseball Has 'Fixed' the Steroid Problem

Post — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Baseball union head Donald Fehr claims that Major League Baseball has "fixed the problem" with steroids since the 2003 survey.

Sore Hamstring Not an Issue for New York Yankees' Derek Jeter

Post — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Soreness in his right hamstring won't stop Derek Jeter as the New York Yankees captain expects to resume running today.

Rodriguez Says Steroid Use Came From Being 'Naive' and 'Stupid'

Barry Svrluga — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

A contrite and nervous Alex Rodriguez says Tuesday again admits to taking steroids but fails to offer a further explanation for his use.

Baseball Investigators Want to Speak With Alex Rodriguez About His Associations

Post — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Major League Baseball investigators want to talk with Alex Rodriguez about his cousin and a trainer from the Dominican Republic.

Thomas Boswell on Alex Rodriguez's Steroid Stories

Thomas Boswell — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

By amazing coincidence, the story Alex Rodriguez tells the media is exactly the kind of tale he would have to tell if he didn't want a visit from someone wearing a badge or carrying a subpoena.

Baseball Notebook: Orioles' Guthrie Makes U.S. WBC Roster

Post — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Baltimore's staff ace Jeremy Guthrie will be pitching for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic. Guthrie, who has been included on the provisional roster, will leave March 1 and report to Clearwater, Fla.

Orioles' Top Prospect Wieters Just Trying to Blend In at Camp

Post — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Despite being the can't-miss prospect whom scouts drool over, young Orioles catcher Matt Wieters just wants to blend into the clubhouse and do his job.

Reporter Selena Roberts Says Alex Rodriguez Has Called To Apologize

Post — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Alex Rodriguez's tumultuous rollercoaster continues as he apologizes for his critical comments of Sports Illustrated Selena Roberts.

Los Angeles Angels, Ervin Santana Agree to 4-Year Deal

Post — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Right-hander Ervin Santana and the Los Angeles Angels agreed to a four-year, $30 million contract yesterday, a day after their scheduled arbitration hearing was postponed.

Sally Jenkins: Punishing Baseball's Liars Doesn't Lead to the Truth

Sally Jenkins — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Despite Alex Rodriguez's steroid admission and Miguel Tejada's guilty plea, piecemeal public confessions don't get the public any closer to the truth about drugs in baseball.

Former Baltimore Orioles Player Miguel Tejada Apologizes After Guilty Plea for Lying to Investigators During Steroids Probe

Dave Sheinin and Del Quentin Wilber — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Former Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada pleads guilty to federal charges that he lied to congressional investigators about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.

Another February, Another Steroid Scandal for Major League Baseball

Dave Sheinin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Nearly 11 years since a bottle of a steroids precursor was spotted in Mark McGwire's locker and 14 months since the Mitchell report sought to provide steroids "closure," baseball remains unable to escape the taint of performance-enhancing drugs.

Thomas Boswell on the Alex Rodriguez Steroids Confession

Thomas Boswell — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Alex Rodriguez may actually be telling something close to the truth. Not the public relations version of the truth, which heretofore has been A-Rod's first, as well as final, standard. But maybe the actual true facts.

Tejada to Plead Guilty to Lying to Steroids Investigators

Del Quentin Wilber and Dave Sheinin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Former Baltimore Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada was charged today with lying to congressional investigators about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.

Alex Rodriguez Admits to Using Steroids

Dave Sheinin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Barely 48 hours after seeing his sizable legacy compromised by a report he tested positive for steroids, Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez makes a full and at times emotional confession.

Mike Wise: Alex Rodriguez Should Not Be Singled Out

Mike Wise — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

After Alex Rodriguez's admission, it's clear that all 104 names of players who tested positive for steroids in 2003 need to be released, for the sake of anonymous players who deserved better alone.

Thomas Boswell: Rodriguez Faces Search for Truth

Thomas Boswell — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Underneath a defaced Hall of Fame, baseball's steroid scandals have come to represent one truth: Just don't cheat. And, as Alex Rodriguez will discover, the best way to re-start your career if you do cheat, is to confess promptly and live with the consequences.

Alex Rodriguez Reportedly Tested Positive for Steroids in 2003

Dave Sheinin — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids while with the Rangers in 2003, according to a Sports Illustrated report.

In Baseball, Household Names Are Still Looking for Homes as Free Agents

Dave Sheinin — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Baseball's talent marketplace is facing a staggering reality: a lot of quality players may still be jobless when spring training camps open in less than two weeks.

Unsealed Court Documents Show Bonds Tested Positive for Steroids

Post — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Court documents show Barry Bonds tested positive for three types of steroids, and his personal trainer once claimed to have injected the slugger "all over the place."

Clemens's DNA Is Linked to Syringes

Del Quentin Wilber — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST

Scientific tests have linked Roger Clemens's DNA to blood in syringes that a personal trainer says he used to inject the former star pitcher with performance-enhancing drugs.

Thomas Boswell on Baseball, Performance-Enhancing Drugs and the Financial Crisis

Thomas Boswell — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

It seems clear that baseball hit several of the same sad landmarks as the financial world, though arrived at each juncture a bit earlier.

Clemens' Former Trainer Meets With Prosecutors

Del Quentin Wilber — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:50:00 EST

Roger Clemens' former personal trainer arrived at the U.S. Attorney's Office Friday for a day-long meeting with prosecutors about his former client's alleged drug use.

Thomas Boswell on Baseball Free Agent Economics

Thomas Boswell — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

A bumper crop of top free agents, led by all-everything outfielder Manny Ramírez, is still sitting unsigned, raising serious questions about whether any teams will offer the kind of big-money contracts that have become commonplace in baseball.

Grand Jury Probing Clemens's Testimony

Del Quentin Wilber and Dave Sheinin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

A federal grand jury is investigating whether former pitcher Roger Clemens lied under oath to Congress when he denied taking performance-enhancing drugs.

Yankees, Mark Teixeira Make It Official With 8-Year, $180 Million Deal

Dave Sheinin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 -- In the 10 days that fell between Dec. 12, when the Teixeiras, Mark and Leigh, of Westlake, Tex., sat down for dinner at their country club -- Fridays being the couple's traditional kid-free date night -- and Dec. 23, the day it was revealed that Mark Teixeira, until that momen...

Yankees Edge Out Nats for Teixeira

Chico Harlan — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

Players love to take the Yankees' money almost as much as the Yankees love to spend it, and that, in the end, that kept top free agent Mark Teixeira from joining the Nationals.