Being a Pittsburgh Pirates fan has been challenging. A generation of Pirate fans not only has not tasted the playoffs, but has not seen a winning season.
The Buccos made a run for the National League pennant in the early 90s led by manager Jim Leyland and stars Andy Van Slyke, Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla, [...]

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I have to confess that, as a longtime Angels fan, it is going to be tough to see John Lackey and Chone Figgins in enemy uniforms this baseball season. I understand the business of the game, and I understand salary issues, and I understand player movement. But, I am still going to struggle a bit [...]

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Earlier this week, two of the players creating much of the spring-training buzz in major league baseball are veteran outfielder Johnny Damon and Washington Nationals young pitching prospect Stephen Strasburg.
On paper, they are on opposite ends of the baseball spectrum. Damon signed an $8 million contract with the Detroit Tigers. He is a proven [...]

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In his book Eight Men Out, Eliot Asinof records the events surrounding the notorious “Black Sox” scandal in Major League Baseball. Eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of taking bribes from gamblers in exchange for “throwing” (intentionally losing) the 1919 World Series. All eight players were banned from baseball for life because of [...]

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This weekend, former New York Yankee second baseman Bobby Richardson will be one of our guests on Sports Spectrum.
Richardson played for the Yankees from 1955-66 and he played on some of the greatest teams in history. He played with Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Roger Maris, Tony Kubek, Elston Howard and others on Yankee teams that [...]

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