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My American League All-Star ballot: No Yankees and two Tigers. What a world!
June 30, 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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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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Baseball keeps a promise and still screws the fans with its dumb Spider-Man deal. Plus: The Lakers are weird, and they're dying.
May 6, 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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Ads on baseball uniforms: A protest by mail. Plus: This column still for sale! And: NHL playoffs and the Frozen Four.
April 8, 2004
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National League preview: If the Phillies don't kill their manager, they'll finally unseat the Braves, but watch out for the Astros at playoff time.
April 1, 2004
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American League preview: The Yankees and Red Sox won't be 1-2 in the East, but pinstripes will still be all the rage in October.
March 31, 2004
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Alex Rodriguez going to the Yankees spells doom for baseball! Or not. Probably not, actually.
February 18, 2004
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Which must-see game did you watch? Baseball fans shouldn't have to choose in the playoffs. Plus: NFL picks and NHL Armageddon.
October 9, 2003
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The Marlins beat the Cubs in extra innings, but the real upset is that a Fox announcer has some incisive things to say.
October 8, 2003
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The first day of the playoffs gives us tense, thrilling baseball, stupid poll questions and evidence of iron in the Yankees' gloves.
October 1, 2003
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A-Rod has a chance to win the MVP at last. But it should go to Manny Ramirez, bad attitude and all.
September 24, 2003
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Does it still matter, as we go to war, whether Kentucky or Texas wins
the national men's basketball title? As much as it ever did.
By King Kaufman
March 20, 2003
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Pete Rose is unrepentant and unapologetic, but so what? He's done his time -- and forgiveness is the American way.
By King Kaufman
December 12, 2002
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Some things to remember: Jim Thome's worth the money, the Phillies haven't won anything yet, and the Cubs and White Sox are still the Cubs and
White Sox.
By King Kaufman
December 6, 2002
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Listen up, jocks: God doesn't care if you score a touchdown. So do your praying in private, not in the end zone.
By Dan McGraw
September 28, 2002
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Comparing Players' Association head Donald Fehr to the Sept. 11 hijackers degrades the memory of the victims, and baseball too.
By Keith Olbermann
August 2, 2002
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Now the number of teams whose players have reservations about a strike is up to three. Is there a palace coup in the making?
By Keith Olbermann
July 31, 2002
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Many baseball fans will never adore the San Francisco Giants' moody superstar. But en route to perhaps the greatest individual season in the sport's history, Bonds emerged as the wounded hero of a wounded nation.
By Joan Walsh
April 1, 2002
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Bob Costas examines the consequences of the growing financial disparities in Major League Baseball in his book "Fair Ball."
July 11, 2001
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When Out magazine's editor claimed his lover plays in the majors, he set off a media frenzy. But it's only a matter of time before gays get their Jackie Robinson.
By Steve Kettmann
May 26, 2001
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I was happy to pay $9.95 to listen to baseball on the Web. But what I got for my money was a lesson in how little regard the game has for its fans.
By King Kaufman
May 25, 2001
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A look at this year's early attendance figures shows that a strong start in baseball doesn't necessarily get the turnstiles spinning. Except when it does.
By King Kaufman
May 18, 2001
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The solution to baseball's revenue-sharing "problem" is for the teams to share the revenue.
By Allen Barra
June 16, 2000