Well not quite, but spring training is here. My local teams, the Giants and A's, both play their first spring training game today. Tim Lincecum is even pitching today. Very exciting! Of course it's been an ugly time lately for Major League Baseball. Everyone is upset about Alex Rodriguez and his use...

Tim McClelland has been calling major league games since before some steroid users were born, and he is a passionate defender of the rules of the game. Unless those rules involve steroids. McClelland was the guest speaker at an Iowa Hawkeye baseball dinner last night, and naturally, the conversation...

Well, that's if you listen to former Minnesota Governor and feather-boa'd wrestler, Jesse "The Body" Ventura, who wondered why the Feds aren't going after Bud Selig like they did Vince McMahon. Ventura, speaking on the online news program Your Turn, said the logic behind it just doesn't add up: "My ...

Not only is Bud Selig going to suspend Alex Rodriguez, (maybe ... perhaps), but he's going to reinstate Hank Aaron as the all-time leader in home runs (if he can find his pen). Call him Kennsaw "Mountain" Selig. From USA Today: "It was against the law, so I would have to think about that," Selig tol...

Whatever readers and contributors to TSE think about publicity given to MLB steroid use, it continues to hammer the chances of Hall of Fame inductions for an increasing set of players. Two years back, I posted regarding Mark McGwire's chances in view of his low first year ballot relative to his peer...

thanks to nucleusinc.com for the delightful graphic. Yay! Tuchus abscess! I promised Robin I wouldn’t write about Alex and the Juice today. And here I am going back on my word. Can you blame me? Seems everyone lies these days. So I’ve decided to apologize to Robin. Dear Robin, I’m ...

As you know, Alex Rodriguez admitted to using steroids from 2001-03.  Does this matter for fantasy baseball players drafting for 2009? If Rodriguez lied in today's interview with Peter Gammons and has been using performance-enhancing drugs in recent seasons, there's no particular reason to thin...

Now that A-Rod's been outed as a 2003 steroid user, many are wondering when the other 103 names on that not-so-mysterious list will be revealed. Would any player's name surprise you? Now, this is only a hypothetical list — none of these players have been accused or are even rumored to be on th...

My only problem with making "news" out of this now, is you have to go back and say, "What about Giambi?!" as in Jason Giambi who also tested positive for steroids during his 2000 AL MVP season and never said anything more than "the stuff"; and for that matter, what about the other folks who seemingl...

In a story today the  Cincinnati Enquirer is looking at the power numbers in MLB...conclusion, without the juice power is down. Story here. Why aren't players hitting more home runs? Why are teams playing so poorly on the road? Why are so many players on the disabled list? Why have so many reli...