Jan

10

LSD and the No-Hitter

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January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Drugs have become commonplace in baseball’s modern era.  Many great feats in the past twenty years have been tarnished by allegations and accusations of the use of performance enhancing drugs.
We could run down a list all-day of some of the once great names who saw their careers derailed at the expense of steroids, HGH, amphetamines, [...]

Jan

8

Brewers Sign Hoffman, Red Sox Agree With Smoltz

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January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment

A couple of veteran pitchers will wear different jerseys for the first time in a long time next season.  The Milwaukee Brewers have signed all-time career saves leader Trevor Hoffman to be their closer.  And in an interesting development, John Smoltz is leaving Atlanta to join the Boston Red Sox.
Hoffman threw 35 innings with the [...]

Nov

24

Is There Any Direction in San Diego?

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November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It’s hard to be optimistic about the current direction of the San Diego Padres.  On the one hand they seem to be moving in the right direction by cutting ties with closer Trevor Hoffman.  On the other hand you have to wonder what the purpose of bringing back the aging Brian Giles has to do [...]