We are in a very interesting time in the history of baseball, thanks to steroids. With the decline of performance in many superstars that admitted to taking steroids (like Boston’s David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez), we have proof that The Steroid Era is finally over. But as with anything that has a lasting impact, we […]
Continue reading →Hello baseball fans! I can’t believe it’s almost time for the season to start again! It feels like it was just last October that I was in Colorado watching the Red Sox win another World Series, and it was. But now it’s Spring Training time, and this has to be my most favorite time of […]
Continue reading →Dear Mr. Mushnick and other critics of mine: I heard from some people that you, Mr. Mushnick, and the rest of my critics, are saying things about me that are very critical, so I want to address those things that people are saying. What people need to understand is that broadcasting a baseball game is […]
Continue reading →Many baseball people have the number 745 on their minds right now, and who can blame them? If it isn’t that number, it’s probably 500, because several hitters are capable of reaching the milestone of 500 career home runs this season. But one number that really holds my interest this season is 1000. Â No […]
Continue reading →Every year, people look at the first few weeks of the baseball season and overreact. There are lots of folks right now that are jumping on the Milwaukee Brewers bandwagon, just as there are lots of folks jumping off the Senators wagon. Anyone that knows baseball knows that these things aren’t going to stay this […]
Continue reading →Congratulations are due to Commissioner Bud Selig for his courageous policy against the use of performance enhancing drugs in baseball. It took a lot of hard work and time and patience, and some help and support from the US Senate, but finally baseball has an anti-steroid policy that will protect baseball from cheaters and false […]
Continue reading →People call the World Series the “Fall Classic” and classics like the first two games of this “Fall Classic” make it clear why they call it the “Fall Classic.” We have seen great fundamental baseball by the Chicago White Sox, maybe the best bunting team in the American League since the early ’60s. But the […]
Continue reading →ed: Due to his responsibilities as a member of E$PN’s playoff broadcast team, Mike Piazza was unable to write his regular “Political Soapbox” column. Piazza will return to his regular schedule following the playoffs. Hey, fans. Joe Morgan here. You know, putting together a Supreme Court is a lot like putting together a baseball team. […]
Continue reading →It’s not easy being traded. I was only traded one time in my entire career, and that year (with the Phillies in ’83) was the worst of my 22 seasons. Imagine one day you come in to your office in San Francisco and your boss says, “We’re sending you to Philadelphia. Pack your bags.” And […]
Continue reading →I get asked who will win the AL East almost every day. People like to complain that we focus too much on the Yankees and Red Sox, but I get asked about them all the time when I’m in New York, Boston and even in Connecticut. I always tell people the same thing: don’t bet […]
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