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Babe Ruth's granddaughter wants the Bambino's number retired by all teams. The solution: Retire 'em all.
By King Kaufman
June 23, 2008
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Congress tackles steroids again. Conclusion: They're still bad! Grandstanding? "Perish the thought."
By King Kaufman
January 16, 2008
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Where's the former trainer who says he was interviewed four times and blamed management, not players, for the steroid mess? Plus: Clemens, bowl-game grad rates.
By King Kaufman
December 18, 2007
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The Mitchell Report's main accomplishment may be to highlight the bumbling of Bud Selig.
By King Kaufman
December 17, 2007
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Bud Selig is threatening to suspend Jason Giambi, the closest thing baseball has to a truth teller about steroids.
June 14, 2007
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Baseball's big cheater confesses! Plus: Barry Bonds.
May 30, 2007
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Steroids? No comment. Bonds? No decision. Selig reasserts himself as the commissioner who can really get nothing done.
May 18, 2007
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MLB agrees to take cable customers' money. Now about those blackout rules. Plus: Meche, Lilly shine. And: Eddie Robinson tributes.
April 5, 2007
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The yellowing of America: Baseball to force off-field employees to fill jars to prove themselves innocent of drug use.
March 2, 2007
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Selig takes credit for brighter sunshine we've been having as baseball signs new labor deal. Plus: Cards and Tigers: Zoom! Under three hours!
October 24, 2006
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Trade deadline stunner: The Yankees get big star Bobby Abreu for some magic beans. So the system's working, right?
July 31, 2006
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Suspending Barry Bonds wouldn't be right or likely to stand. But this Giants fan wishes it could happen today.
July 20, 2006
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Can the baseball All-Star Game be saved? And is it even worth saving?
July 11, 2006
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Dwyane Wade's spectacular fourth quarter saves the Heat. Can he do that three more times? Plus: World Cup. And: Bud Selig's "everyone."
June 14, 2006
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Baseball's new drug probe: A weak swing in hopes of hitting a P.R. single. Plus: George Mason, America's sweetheart.
March 31, 2006
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"Game of Shadows": The Barry Bonds steroid book fills us in on what we already knew, and it's still explosive. What's shocking is how far ahead the cheaters are.
March 8, 2006
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D.C. to baseball: Not so fast! A city actually stands up to MLB, and MLB doesn't like it, not one bit. But baseball will profit handsomely anyway.
December 16, 2004
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Now Washingtonians know the name of the baseball team that will be taking their money. Plus: "Monday Night Football" misses a chance for some real fun.
November 23, 2004
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The Expos are going to Washington (probably), so they'll need a new name. Let's think of one that really describes this sorry episode in baseball history.
September 30, 2004
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Readers write: The sequel. This time, it's personal. Especially for Roger Clemens, Muhammad Ali, Shaquille O'Neal and Scooter the talking baseball.
July 19, 2004
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A great read: The Washington Post takes a long, hard look at Bud Selig, and it isn't a pretty picture.
June 29, 2004
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You may not have known Doug Pappas, who died suddenly last week, but he was watching Bud Selig for you, and writing brilliantly about what he saw.
May 24, 2004
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Major League Baseball backs off of its plan to put ads on the bases, the latest P.R. fiasco for a company that makes New Coke look like a stroke of genius.
May 7, 2004
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Mike Tyson is back in the heavyweight title picture. At this rate, you could be a contender by '06. Plus: Baseball's uniform ad plan is reported dead.
April 13, 2004
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Baseball dares its fans to get up in the wee hours to see Opening Day. We're up to the challenge. A coffee-fueled diary.
March 30, 2004