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Clemens Headed Back to Baseball—at 50

Pitcher expected to sign with Sugar Land Skeeters

(Newser) - Those legal bills must be a killer because Roger Clemens is headed back to the pitching mound, and as something called a Skeeter rather than a Yankee. The 50-year-old Rocket has signed with a Houston-area "independent professional team" called the Sugar Land Skeeters, reports the Houston Chronicle , and will...

Cabrera Hatched Fake Site to Dodge Doping Penalty
Cabrera Hatched Fake Site
to Dodge Doping Penalty
'NY DAILY NEWS' REPORT
Aug 20, 2012 10:46 AM CDT

Cabrera Hatched Fake Site to Dodge Doping Penalty

MLB figured it out really quickly, report says

(Newser) - It looks like Melky Cabrera didn't just meekly go along with his 50-game suspension for banned substances. A source tells the New York Daily News that Cabrera launched a bizarre scheme to create a fake website for a fake topical cream, which he then claimed inadvertently boosted his testosterone...

Little League World Series: Africa Sends First Team

Uganda probably won't win, but the underdogs are crowd favorites

(Newser) - The Little League World Series is under way in Pennsylvania, and al-Jazeera writer Cath Turner takes note of a milestone this year: Uganda is playing, the first time a team from Africa has made the tourney in its 66-year history. The boys from Lugazi lost their opener in the double-elimination...

Seattle's Felix Hernandez Throws Perfect Game

It's the first in team history, third in majors this year

(Newser) - Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandez just made a little history: He tossed a perfect game in his team's 1-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, the first one in franchise history, reports the Seattle Times . It's only the 23rd in league history, but it happens to be No....

Yankees to Reggie Jackson: 'Stay Away' From Team

Team upset at Mr October's interview bashing A-Rod

(Newser) - Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson has been told to "stay away" from the New York Yankees after he ripped Alex Rodriguez for steroid use in a recent interview, reports the New York Daily News . "There is no ban. There is no suspension," Jackson said last night,...

Curt Schilling: Firm's Collapse Cost Me My Baseball Fortune

Ex-Red Sox pitcher blames Rhode Island governor

(Newser) - Retired MLB all-star Curt Schilling says he lost more than $50 million of his own money, likely his entire career's worth of earnings, when his video game company fizzled and declared bankruptcy. The former Red Sox pitcher spoke on Boston radio station WEEI-FM for the first time since the...

Pitcher's Ejection Ignites Spat Over Baseball's 'Code'

Manager Davey Johnson snitches on former player, now foe

(Newser) - A pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays got ejected from a game last night for smearing pine tar in his glove, and the incident has set off a debate about the sport's "unwritten rules," writes Gabe Lacques at USA Today . The debate isn't about the not-so-shocking...

Clemens Not Guilty, But Hall of Fame Worthy?
 Clemens Not Guilty, 
 But Hall of Fame Worthy? 
OPINION ROUNDUP
Jun 19, 2012 11:24 AM CDT

Clemens Not Guilty, But Hall of Fame Worthy?

Baseball writers sound off

(Newser) - A jury has legally acquitted Roger Clemens; will the Baseball Writers of America do the same? That's the question everyone is asking today. This winter Clemens will be on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time, and though his numbers are obviously unimpeachable, voters have so far...

Clemens Not Guilty of Perjury

Jury acquits pitcher on all charges of lying to Congress

(Newser) - A jury handed Roger Clemens the biggest win of his life today, finding the former pitcher not guilty on all charges of lying to Congress about using performance-enhancing drugs, the AP reports. The verdict, after 10 hours of deliberation, ended a 10-week trial and five-year investigation into one of history'...

Matt Cain Pitches Giants' 1st Perfect Game

125-pitch masterpiece gives Giants 10-0 win over Astros

(Newser) - Matt Cain of the San Francisco Giants pitched the Houston Astros into oblivion at AT&T Park last night, throwing the first perfect game in the team's history, and the 22nd in major league history, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . He had a career-high 14 strikeouts and threw a...

Mariners Join History: 6 Pitchers, 1 No-Hitter

Half-dozen combine for win

(Newser) - Nine pitchers can now say they've thrown no-hitters this year, and six of them joined the club in one game last night. A half-dozen pitchers for the Seattle Mariners tied a league record by combining on a 1-0 win over the Dodgers, reports the Post-Intelligencer . Kevin Millwood threw the...

Santana Throws First No-Hitter in Mets' History

A missed-call by an umpire helped

(Newser) - Johan Santana pitched the first no-hitter in New York Mets' history tonight, helped by an umpire's missed call and an outstanding catch in left field in an 8-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. After a string of close calls in their 51-season history, Santana finally finished the job...

Wrigley Field Needs to Die

 Wrigley Field Needs to Die 
OPINION
May 16, 2012 12:24 PM CDT

Wrigley Field Needs to Die

Cubs fan Rich Cohen wants to raze arguably the most beloved park in America

(Newser) - Ah, Wrigley Field. It's one of the oldest, most beloved parks in baseball... And Rich Cohen wants to destroy it—and yes, he means utterly, with whatever explosives necessary. "That pile of quaintness has to go," he writes in the Wall Street Journal . "Then the ground...

Player Injures Himself in Dugout Tantrum

Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper cuts himself throwing bat

(Newser) - Temper, temper: Young star Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals might miss a few games after he a hurled a bat against the dugout wall and it bounced back and hit him near the eye, reports the Washington Times . He needed 10 stitches to close the cut and had a...

Catholic School Boycotts Title Game Over Girl Player

Arizona baseball team refuses to play rival 'out of respect'

(Newser) - An Arizona Catholic high school has ditched a shot at a state baseball title to shun a rival team with a female second-baseman. Our Lady of Sorrows, a fundamentalist Catholic school in Phoenix, refused to participate in the Arizona Charter Athletic Association state championship game against Mesa Prep because Paige...

Mariano Rivera's Career Probably Over

Legendary Yankees closer tears ACL while catching balls in batting practice

(Newser) - A freak injury may have just taken out the greatest closer of all time. Mariano Rivera tore his ACL and his meniscus while shagging flyballs during batting practice yesterday, likely ending his season and, many are speculating, his career. Rivera had already hinted that he might retire after this year....

Pettitte: I Could Have Misheard Clemens

Pettitte takes the stand again in HGH trial

(Newser) - Under cross-examination today, Andy Pettitte agreed it was "fair" to say that there's a 50-50 chance he misunderstood Roger Clemens regarding his alleged use of human growth hormone. Pettitte had already made moves toward such an acknowledgement yesterday, after first testifying that Clemens "had mentioned to me...

Pettitte in Court: Clemens Told Me He Used HGH

He testifies that his friend told him about doping

(Newser) - It took a few years and one blown trial , but federal prosecutors going after Roger Clemens finally got Andy Pettitte on the stand today to issue these sentences:
  • "Roger had mentioned to me that he had taken HGH. And that it could help with recovery, and that's really
...

Chicago's Phil Humber Throws Perfect Game

White Sox pitcher tosses 1st perfecto of 2012

(Newser) - Phil Humber, who underwent Tommy John surgery seven years ago, threw the first perfect game in the majors in almost two years, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners today. It was baseball's 21st perfect game and first since Philadelphia's Roy Halladay...

Fenway Park Is a Century Old
 Fenway Park Is 
 a Century Old 
happy birthday
Apr 20, 2012 11:18 AM CDT

Fenway Park Is a Century Old

Boston Red Sox celebrate stadium's 100th birthday

(Newser) - Baseball's "Sistine Chapel" turns 100 today, a century to the day after its first regular-season game. As the oldest major-league stadium, Fenway Park has seen the Boston Red Sox through a turbulent century, hosting heroes from Babe Ruth to Ted Williams to Hank Aaron, the Boston Globe notes....

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