Baseball&#39;s image getting Creamed
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it&#39;s the sport that won&#39;t die, no matter what. You can have gamblers, psychotic fans, spouses that blab and players who cork.
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October is in our sights, and the two important teams from Massachusetts are confounding the experts. It&#39;s the Red Sox baseball club, not the Kerry presidential campaign, that&#39;s supposed to be in its pre-autumn swoon.
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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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B aseball&#39;s dirty little secret is leaking out all over now. Steroids known as the &quot;clear&quot; and the &quot;cream&quot; have gushed into the news, staining the reputations of stars such as Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi, and
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The one part of the steroids scandal that outrages me at this late date is that people still expect sports to be the last outpost of fair play.
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Incidents between baseball players and fans have long been part of the game. But they seem to be getting uglier with each year, and an imbroglio Monday night in Oakland, Calif.
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The World Series now shifts from the game&#39;s most eccentric ballpark to the last of the &quot;Cookie Cutters.&quot; Busch Stadium, from the outside, has the same boring, circular look as
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Steroid suspicions and superstars changing teams dominate baseball's storylines as clubs head to spring training.
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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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If you play baseball, or care about anyone who plays baseball, it is the bane of all existence. It can impact the happiness of entire households for days or even weeks at a time. And there is almost nothing you can do to change things. Other than wait. And hope for a little good luck.
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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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The Yankeesâ sustained run of success in the past decade was smudged by the revelations that two of the teamâs vital pitchers had used performance enhancing substances.
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For the Oakland Athletics players, reminders of the team's recent postseason failings have become increasingly tiresome.
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Fresh faces on the mound signal a changing of the guard this MLB postseason.
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As the shuffling of players intensifies this off-season, some of the Boston Red Sox' pictures will come down. The champions will have to change.
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The Angels weren&#39;t playing the same game as the Yankees this weekend. Not in the wide-angle sense of being a first-place team with the luxury of a comfortable lead.
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The Oakland A&#39;s have been problematic for the Anaheim Angels for so many years (think the early &#39;70s, late &#39;80s, and the last few seasons) that you&#39;d have thought this was a bigger deal than it was.