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...

Thu Feb 12th 2009 Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig came out roaring Wednesday, putting Alex Rodriguez on notice that the Yankee third baseman's admitted performance-enhancing drug use may not go unpunished. In an interview with USA Today, Selig was asked if he would consider suspending the three-time...

In case you missed it, Alex Rodriguez allegedly tested positive for steroids in 2003.  Since he will probably hit 800 home runs in his career, it seems appropriate to compare A-Rod to Hank Aaron as Richard Justice does for the Sporting News. To those of us who love the game, the Hall of Fame is...

Image via Wikipedia It’s about damn time, too! Being one of my all-time favorite baseball players, it’s awesome to find out that he was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, joining the likes of others such as Wade Boggs, Cal Ripken Jr., Ty Cobb, Hank Aaron, Cy Young, Babe Ruth ...

It was another day of turmoil in the capital. The Federal Reserve chairman again tried to reassure jittery markets. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he wanted more troops in Afghanistan to put down the growing insurgency. And just before 4 p.m., President Bush stepped onto the South La...

Now branded with an asterisk, the ball Barry Bonds launched for his record 756th home run nearly a year ago landed last night in the Hall of Fame....

He had just taken the trip heard ’round the world, running the Fulton County Stadium bases full speed, after sending the pitch over the left field fence, beyond a leaping future first baseman named Buckner, into the waiting (sort of) hands of a relief pitcher nicknamed Puma, bumping Babe Ruth ...

April 8: General Interest1974 : Aaron sets new home run record On this day in 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715thcareer home run, breaking Babe Ruth's legendary record of 714 homers.A crowd of 53,775 people, the largest in the history of Atlanta-FultonCounty Stadium, was with Aaron...

According to ESPN, the Detroit Tigers have inked “third baseman” Miguel Cabrera to an 8-year, $153 million contract extension. With the understanding that the economics of baseball are inherently insane, this strikes me as pretty darned good value. Cabrera was my dark horse candidate for...

It was the great “Hammerin’� Hank Aaron who started the recent glorification of Tiger Woods.  He called Tiger “The most dominating athlete in sports history,� and other sports columnists, reporters and bar commentators have now taken the bait and asked if he is the most dominant athlete e...