Well, this is awkward: You know who I thought of first today when I heard of the A-Rod allegations? Bill Bavasi. Yes, that’s right. Let me explain. A lot of the subtext of what’s come out in today’s report is that all those 104 players caught in the 2003 drug-testing sweep were essentially told they […]

Nicknames and managers are the two preferred topics of conversation in this week’s edition of “Cooperstown Confidential.”

Sixteen possible pick-ups for fantasy leaguers.

On June 11, 1919 Sir Barton became the first horse to win the American Triple Crown. That’s a pretty good accomplishment for a horse—it hasn’t been done since 1978—but had of course already been managed in baseball by then. This week Richard looks back at the Triple Crown, the kind achieved with a bat and ball, rather than saddle and whip.

Jeff looks at the first five rounds of the draft and finds the players whose numbers benefited or suffered most from context.

A look at this year’s group of hitters who specialize in making the defense work reveals a surprise.

Cardinals 6, Marlins 5: Cody Ross let one get through the wickets in the eighth and it rolled all the way back to the 434′ sign in center, allowing the tying runs to score and putting the eventual winning run, in the person of Ryan Ludwick, on third. It happens. Andrew Miller on the home […]

As I wrote this morning, the Jerod Morris/Raul Ibanez incident has made me realize that yes, taking writers to task for making irresponsible, evidence-free steroid allegations is a worthy endeavor. We simply can’t tolerate it, and we should do everything we can to put a stop to it. That’s why, as a continuing service, I […]

Some technical wonkiness cut in to this morning’s NBC blogging. Everything looks cool over there now, but if posts start disappearing over there again, I’ll just post them over here I guess. For now, though, these posts remain readable: The Seattle Times’ Geoff Baker is a total badass, and if you don’t believe it, he’ll […]

From the O.C. Register: An autopsy report showed Courtney Frances Stewart had a blood-alcohol content above the legal limit for someone her age when the car she was driving was struck by an alleged drunken driver on April 9, prosecutors said . . . Toxicology tests conducted by the Orange County Coroner showed Stewart had […]