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Jim Thome Hits 600th Homer... Without Steroids

Baseball's 'nicest guy' joins select club

(Newser) - With two home runs last night against the Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twin Jim Thome became the eighth ballplayer ever to hit 600 out of the park. Perhaps most remarkable about this feat is that he achieved it without steroids—unlike many of the other top sluggers of his era, writes...

Ex-Yankee Hideki Irabu Dead; Suicide Suspected

Former pitcher was 42

(Newser) - Onetime Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu has been found dead in his Southern California home at age 42. Police are investigating the case as a suicide, reports AP . Born in Japan, Irabu was signed in 1997 with great fanfare by the San Diego Padres, but he was traded to the Yankees...

Baseball's New Fave Booze: Tequila

Five clubs sign sponsorship deals with distillers

(Newser) - Big-league baseball teams are hitting the hard stuff. After years of sponsorship from beer companies, five ball clubs this year have teamed up with liquor brands. The spirit of choice: tequila, which saw the biggest sales jump among spirits between 2001 and 2010. “Lots of people think of beer...

Dodgers File for Bankruptcy: Manny Ramirez Biggest Creditor

Move comes days before payroll due

(Newser) - With owner Frank McCourt unable to meet this week’s payroll, the Los Angeles Dodgers have filed for bankruptcy. McCourt will likely hold that this means Major League Baseball can’t take over the team, notes Craig Calcaterra at NBC Sports , though the courts may decide otherwise in the coming...

Jeter's 3,000th Hit Will Turn Dirt to Gold—Seriously

Memorabilia companies following his every step with a shovel and bucket

(Newser) - Everything Derek Jeter touches—and steps on—is turning to gold. The Yankees captain is poised to knock his 3,000th career hit in the coming weeks, and the memorabilia industry is prepping to cash in on commemorative merchandise from T-shirts and hats to authentic dirt from the stadium where...

Texas Rangers Draft Paralyzed Baseball Player

Johnathan Taylor still unable to walk

(Newser) - University of Georgia baseball player Johnathan Taylor was partially paralyzed in March, but that didn’t stop the Texas Rangers from drafting him. “We thought selecting Johnathan was the right thing to do,” says the scouting director of yesterday’s move. Taylor, who was drafted in the 33rd...

Why These Guys Get Paid to Watch Baseball

'Fan Cave' duo living the dream after winning contest

(Newser) - How’s this for a job: Get paid to watch baseball, from the comfort of your own custom-designed cave. That’s reality for Mike O’Hara and Ryan Wagner. They beat out 10,000 others to win a Major League Baseball contest whose prize was to watch 2,430 games—...

Fans Rejoice at Dodgers Takeover

But battle for the fate of the team could be a long one

(Newser) - There is general jubilation among Dodgers fans today, after Major League Baseball seized control of the team from wildly unpopular owner Frank McCourt. “Seven years here with the Boston Parking Lot Attendant and the Screaming Meanie, and clueless reporters are asking Dodgers officials Wednesday if this is the darkest...

League May Boot Owner of 'Soap Opera' Dodgers

MLB takes control of team finances from Frank McCourt

(Newser) - Boston real estate developer Frank McCourt once tried to buy his hometown Red Sox, and Boston fans should rejoice today that the deal fell through. McCourt instead bought the Los Angeles Dodgers, and he's made such a mess of things that Major League Baseball today took over the finances...

Cincinnati Reds Pitcher Mike Leake Charged With Shoplifting 6 T-Shirts
 Reds' Leake Busted Shoplifting 
Apr 18, 2011 6:15 PM CDT

Reds' Leake Busted Shoplifting

Six Macy's T-shirts were worth $60, cops say

(Newser) - Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mike Leake will make $425,000 this year, but he was apparently short the $59.95 for six American Rag T-shirts that cops say he lifted at a Macy's today. Leake's arrest report says the 23-year-old removed price tags from the shirts and tried to...

Bonds' Son: The Bigger Hat Was Mine

Nikolai explains the real reason his dad's baseball cap size grew

(Newser) - Nikolai Bonds scrutinizes every nuance of dad Barry Bonds' perjury trial from afar: He winces over the ex-mistress's allegations and watches old friends turn on his dad, but for him, the trial's outcome was settled in 2003. "Did you?" he asked the Giants slugger about rumors of steroid use....

New York Mets' Bobby Valentine: Time for Major League Baseball to Ditch Chewing Tobacco
 Time for MLB 
 to Ditch the Dip 
METS' BOBBY VALENTINE
Mar 31, 2011 1:50 PM CDT

Time for MLB to Ditch the Dip

Players setting bad example, writes ex-Mets' manager Bobby Valentine

(Newser) - Baseball’s Opening Day means “hope and excitement,” but it also means the return of a “blot on our sport”: chewing tobacco on the field, writes Bobby Valentine. “For many of us, it is simply part of the sport,” but the MLB—and those who...

Barry Bonds Mistress Kimberly Bell Testifies That He Blamed Steroid Use for Elbow Injury
 Ex-Mistress: 
 Bonds Blamed 
 'Roids for Injury 


PERJURY TRIAL
Mar 28, 2011 6:20 PM CDT

Ex-Mistress: Bonds Blamed 'Roids for Injury

Perjury trial continues over slugger's denial of using steroids

(Newser) - Barry Bonds' ex-mistress took the stand in his perjury trial today, testifying that the ex-slugger blamed steroids for a 1999 elbow injury, and that his head got bigger—literally—and testicles got smaller over the course of their nine-year relationship. Kimberly Bell, who maintained the relationship even after he told...

Barry Bonds' Perjury Trial Begins

Home run king could get 5 years if convicted of lying to grand jury

(Newser) - Home-run king Barry Bonds goes on trial today in San Francisco on charges that he lied to a federal grand jury investigating doping in professional sports. The former San Francisco Giants star could get five years or more in federal prison if convicted of the charges, reports the Wall Street ...

Braves Coach Loses Eye to Rogue Foul

Minor league manager Luis Salazar will return to work this season

(Newser) - An Atlanta Braves coach has lost his left eye after a foul ball hit him in the face. Luis Salazar, a minor league manager, was watching a spring training game when a line drive off the bat of the Braves’ Brian McCann hit him in the dugout. He was knocked...

Duke Snider Obituary: Legendary Dodger Dies at 84
 Dodgers Great 
 Duke Snider 
 Dead at 84 


OBITUARY
Feb 27, 2011 3:22 PM CST

Dodgers Great Duke Snider Dead at 84

Hall of Fame centerfielder was contemporary of Mantle, Mays

(Newser) - Duke Snider, the Hall of Fame center fielder for the charmed "Boys of Summer" who helped the Dodgers bring their elusive and only World Series crown to Brooklyn, died early Sunday of what his family called natural causes. He was 84. "The Duke of Flatbush" hit .295 with...

Mets Owners Made $300M Off Madoff Scheme: Suit

Bosses 'categorically reject' claim

(Newser) - The New York Mets’ two owners, along with their businesses and families, made some $300 million in fictitious profits from Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme—putting them among its top beneficiaries, says a lawsuit unsealed today. The Mets withdrew some $90 million from the team’s 16 accounts with Madoff,...

Baseball Legend Bob Feller Dead at 92
Baseball Legend
Bob Feller Dead at 92
obituary
Dec 16, 2010 5:36 AM CST

Baseball Legend Bob Feller Dead at 92

Cleveland Hall of Famer 'first and foremost a great American'

(Newser) - Bob Feller, the Iowa farm boy who became one of the greatest pitchers baseball has ever seen, has died aged 92, reports the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. The Hall of Famer—whose fastball earned him the nicknames "Bullet Bob" and the "Heater from Van Meter"—signed for the Cleveland...

Cubs Great Ron Santo Dead at 70
 Cubs Great 
 Ron Santo 
 Dead at 70 
obituary
Dec 3, 2010 11:28 AM CST

Cubs Great Ron Santo Dead at 70

Third-baseman became legendary broadcaster

(Newser) - Renowned Chicago Cubs third-baseman and broadcaster Ron Santo died last night in Arizona of complications from bladder cancer at age 70. “Ronnie will forever be the heart and soul of Cubs fans,” said the team’s chairman. “He enjoyed himself in the booth right to the end,...

Giants Win World Series
 Giants Win World Series  
Nov 2, 2010 5:15 AM CDT

Giants Win World Series

Trophy coming to San Francisco for first time after 3-1 win over Rangers

(Newser) - The prize that eluded Willie and Barry at long last belongs to the San Francisco Giants , thanks to a band of self-described castoffs and misfits and their shaggy-haired ace. Tim Lincecum, Edgar Rentaria and the Giants won the World Series on Monday night, beating the Texas Rangers 3-1 in a...

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