Is Spring Training a Waste of Time?
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It may be great for the Arizona and Florida economies, but no one needs six weeks of stretching exercises
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I'm a lifelong baseball fan, and I don't care if Roger Clemens took steroids, or if he is lying or if McNamee is lying.  News is stuff that's important. If it's national news, it's stuff that is important to everyone in the nation. Whether Clemens took steroids or not is a proper topic for a 60 Minutes, Fresh Air or Nightline segment. To take a whole day across all the cable channels the day after three pivotal primaries is very wrong. (And what if they do it again tomorrow? Oy.) So it's ridiculous that all the cable news channels are broadcasting the full testimony of Roger Clemens and his accuser. Hours of repetitive questions and the same answers, over and over, while there is news happening in the world. I know because I'm subscribed to the MSNBC and AP feeds on Twitter. I have a Google Alert that shows me results of all the campaign conference calls. (There have been a couple this morning, from Obama and McCain, I'd love to get MP3s, and still looking for a feed.) It's time for some serious routing-around, or for the cable news programmers to get back on the job.  Cross-posted at Huffington.
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even if you were behind home plate, with Curt Schilling&#39;s unblinking gaze boring in at you for the better part of 2 1/2 hours
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Our position is: Steroid scandal grows out of a culture that accepts winning at any cost. Shock, outrage and uproar have surrounded New York Yankees slugger Jason Giambi&#39;s admission that he used steroids and
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With the Redskins sputtering through another disappointing season, the area can now enjoy a new diversion: offseason baseball maneuvering.
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On his first day at spring training, Randy Johnson said exactly what the Yankees would hope. He is a hired gun, with one purpose: win the World Series.
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If anything, there will be a little more sizzle around the ballpark. There won't be so much focus on Julio Lugo's slump, or J.D. Drew's batting average, or Curt Schilling's injury, or the fact that there's not much of a race in the American League East right now.
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There will be a strange phenomenon in spring training this year. Camps will be full of players who have been named in the Mitchell Report. They will play among players who weren't caught and maybe never will be caught. They will play alongside players who never used. They will play among players who might still be using HGH because there's ...
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No. 700 was a modest home run. It traveled about two rows deep into the left-field bleachers. It brought some spangly streamers out of the upper deck and none of the Giants from the dugout, except for AJ Pierzynski
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Some baseball teams are built for the long grind of the season, some for a short playoff series.
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Back in the fall of 1994, National Hockey League training camps opened on time, only to close down when the owners and the Players Association failed to reach a collective bargaining agreement. Ultimately, the season was shortened to 48 games. Back then, there was a different kind of unease, as well as a lack of experience with -- and preparedness ...
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Lose the choreography and dial back the frivolity. Thatâs my advice for the Mets as they resume the season. The Yankees, on the other hand, could use a bit of strut.
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The dissecting of the Patriots' Super Bowl loss will probably never end, but now that spring training has arrived, at least New England sports fans have another team to which they can turn their attention.
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Attention. Attention. On the subject of drug testing, Major League Baseball wishes to announce it is now joining the 20th century. And only five years late. But do we quibble at this point or applaud? The sport made a genuine move on steroids. Too bad it required a scandal, threats from Congress and many ill-gotten numbers, to force the issue.
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For veterans like Jeff Kent, spring training is usually a drag. Not this year. "It says something when I say I'd rather be here than racing motorcycles. I love motorcycles," Kent said with a smile before Friday's workout at the Los Angeles Dodgers' spring training complex.
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The Sporting News - MLB.com correspondents offer the following report on players who have something to prove in spring training.
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The record will show that the first Yankeesâ swing in the first game of spring training produced a home run. These are the Yankees, so the expectations might as well start high.