Baseball’s Great Charade
Boston's slugging duo turns up dirty two rings later
by Sean Heffernan
The use of steroids taints everything baseball has achieved in recent history: The Sosa/McGwire home run race in 1998, Roger Clemens winning the CY Young in 2001, Barry Bonds hitting 73 the same year, Alex Rodriguez record breaking contract with the Yankees, and even the Boston Red Sox’s two World Series championships. When news broke that Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz were on the supposed list of MLB players who tested positive for banned substances in 2003 no one was surprised. ...
Donald Fehr: The Anti-Fan
Donald Fehr... What a guy!
I look at this man, I hear him speak and I'm baptized in clarity--this is why my father would have disowned me if I became a lawyer. Seriously. He told me and my brothers, "You guys can do anything you want. But if any of you turn out to be bankers or lawyers, you're outta the will." I could be a piece-of-shit criminal and still be in the will; though probably not deeply involved in Thanksgivings and Christmases. ...