On Baseball: Whatever Gameâs Integrity, Fans Show Up
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Despite the Mitchell report, which some say deals a blow to baseballâs integrity, fans donât appear to be boycotting the sport. In fact, quite the opposite.
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Games between the New York Yankees and  the Boston Red Sox have, for at least the last half-century,  attracted a media mob fascinated with every scrap of  information about the famous rivalry.
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St. Louis flexes muscles and shows everyone it means business by tying playoff HR record. BY DAVID LENNON. ST. LOUIS -- In most baseball venues, the curtain call is reserved for very special occasions, but not
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The feel-good story of the baseball season turns into a different kind of feel-good storyâand leaves us fans feeling bad.
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THERE WILL be an asterisk next to Barry Bonds&#39; home-run records. It may not appear in Major League Baseball&#39;s official archives, but it will be ingrained in the public mind.
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Four out of five times these teams meet, there's something on the line: playoffs, league titles, etc. But even without something big at stake, there's always something to play for in this border rivalry -- playing for pride, for keeps, and for bragging rights.
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In the coming months and the coming baseball season, there are a number of questions seeking answers.
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The atmosphere suits certain players. While others have to learn to deal with the unique situations that a New York crowd promote.
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Reports of substance abuse by top competitors in the baseball and cycling worlds remind us once again that it is important to keep athletic heroics in their proper perspective.
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Major League Baseball and the players union are negotiating a new contract, and the gameÂs rising attendance and revenue give both sides reason to keep the peace.
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When I think about the Cardinals and the Red Sox playing each other in October, I see dead people. That&#39;s a line from a movie, of course, and I shamelessly used it to grab your attention rather than tell the truth.
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HORTLY after 3 pm yesterday, when the first game of the Yankees&#39; doubleheader with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays was supposed to begin, about 2,000 fans, many of whom had been in Yankee Stadium
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While many fans would love to see Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield and any other baseball player who cheated by taking steroids punished, the reality is that there is little that Major League Baseball can do.
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The fans of the St. Louis Cardinals are considered the best in baseball, or at least the most polite and supportive. They embrace their team with the fervor of a college
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One traditional baseball belief is that the last thing wanted is governmental interference in the sport&#39;s day-to-day operation.
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After a pennant race and postseason dotted with reversed rulings, baseball will get another chance to see who else wants to give replay a look. The topic is on the agenda for Thursday at the GM meetings. And there seems to be growing support among teams to join the NFL, NBA and NHL in using instant replay on calls such as fair or foul and homer or not, but definitely not balls and strikes.
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The month of August was rife with arrogance, malfeasance and criminality in professional sports, but all is not lost for cynical fans seeking a new start.