'Flashes Of Brilliance' From Gary Bennett Came At A Pivotal Time For 2006 Cardinals

Every major league ballplayer, no matter the level of his skill, probably is capable of being a dominant player. For some, it will be for a whole career, like for an Albert Pujols. For others, it will be for only a few days, like for a Gary Bennett.

Post-Dispatch

Bombshell Lawsuit Filed Against Levinson Brothers

Juan Carlos Nunez, the former employee of the ACES baseball agency who went to prison for his role in the infamous Melky Cabrera fake Website and PED case, has filed a bombshell lawsuit against Seth and Sam Levinson, the proprietors of one of baseball’s biggest agencies, claiming they were not only aware of players’ PED use but directed players to folks who gave them PEDs.

FanRags

George Mitchell On The Legacy Of The Mitchell Report, PEDs, & The Hall Of Fame

In November, baseball writers across America received an advisory from a prominent Hall of Famer with suggestions for how to handle the nettlesome issue of immortality and steroid use. A day after the Hall released its 33-man ballot for 2018, Hall of Fame vice chairman and former Cincinnati Reds great Joe Morgan emailed voters with a list of three criteria he thinks should disqualify future candidates from admission to the shrine.

ESPN

Roger Clemens Misfires In Shot At Roy Halladay

What exactly does it take for a baseball player to wear the label of “cheater” for the rest of his life?

Philly Voice

Manny Ramirez On PEDs, Hall Of Fame: 'Sometimes You Think You're Doing Right, But You're Not'

Next year Mark McGwire is off the ballot, and Manny Ramirez takes his place, for the first of potentially 10 shots at the Hall of Fame through voting of the baseball writers.

Chicago Sun Times

Hall Of Fame Ballot: Nine Who Were Great (Clean) Get In Here

This year's Hall of Fame ballot is maybe the most interesting, debate-evoking and controversial in history, if it's not the most star-packed in decades, and it may be that as well.

CBS Sports

Tony LaRussa, The Last Of The Lions

For the longest time, over the past several years of his career, Tony La Russa was commonly referred to as the “future Hall of Fame manager.” So much so that it almost became his unofficial title. You know, “Future Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa.”

Bernie Bytes

Jhonny Peralta Is Right Player At The Right Price

First of all, don’t worry about the money. The Cardinals have a lot of it. Piles of it. There’s plenty of cash on hand to take care of urgent business, and the Cardinals enticed Jhonny Peralta to St. Louis to become their new shortstop.

Bernie Bytes

PED Issue Asks Us To Separate Smoke From Fog

When someone approaches with the question, “Would you be surprised to learn (insert player’s name) used performance-enhancing drugs?” I typically interrupt before the sentence has breathed.

Post-Dispatch

Sad Ending To A Once-Great Career Is New Legacy For Manny Ramirez

There is a saying in the drug testing business that a drug test is not a drug test at all. It's an IQ test. Manny Ramirez was dumb enough to run afoul of baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program -- not once, but twice.

Sports Illustrated

Gary Sheffield Officially Retires

Gary Sheffield has officially retired from baseball, according to a report in the New York Post. The slugger, who played for the Brewers, Marlins, Padres, Yankees, Dodgers, Braves, Tigers and Mets, made it so with a call to the Major League Baseball Players Association on Wednesday.

Fanhouse

Mark McGwire's Admission Was True Test For Hall, Steroid Era

n the days leading up to this afternoon's announcement from the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Houston's hallowed first baseman Jeff Bagwell has been positioned as the Next Great Test for voters. He's the latest standout slugger whose statistics have warped with time, whose numbers look too good to be inducted. He's expected to get a slim percentage of the vote not because of a steroid admission or a steroid suspension, but because of steroid suspicion.

STL Today

Juan Gonzalez Makes Debut On Hall Of Fame Ballot

Juan Gonzalez is a candidate on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the first year. The Class of 2011 will be announced Jan. 5. You can watch the announcement live at 1 p.m. ET on an MLB Network simulcast on MLB.com.

Rangers Official Site

DEA Agents Intercepted HGH Package Sent To Attention Of Jose Guillen's Wife

Maybe the 34-year-old journeyman player was looking for a quick fix to a neck injury that had hobbled him during the San Francisco Giants' playoff run, a postseason that ultimately saw him dropped from Giants manager Bruce Bochy's roster.

NY Daily News

Roger Clemens Lied To Congress, Indictment Charges

Roger Clemens, the larger-than-life pitcher who appeared destined for the Baseball Hall of Fame, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington on Thursday on charges that he lied to Congress when he said he never used performance-enhancing drugs.

NY Times

New Edmonton Capital Larry Bigbie Shelves His Demons

When the Edmonton Capitals take to the field for their home opener next week, the player at ground zero of one of the biggest scandals in baseball history will be starting in left field.

Edmonton Sun

Juan Gonzalez: "I Never Used Steroids"

Juan Gonzalez attacked the Mitchell Report and said that he never used esteroidesVEGA BAJA, Puerto Rico - Former Puerto Rican slugger Juan Gonzalez reaffirmed on Monday that he has never used steroids, while attacked the Mitchell Report and hinted that more managers were aware the use of performance enhancing substances by players. (Translated)

ESPN Deportes
Google Tranlsate

Marvin Benard Used Steroids During 2002 Season

Former San Francisco Giants outfielder Marvin Benard admitted he used steroids during the team's 2002 World Series season to deal with a nagging knee injury.

AP/ESPN

Mark McGwire Makes Comeback, Will Baseball Embrace Him?

Shrouded in shadows, obscured by fencing, the batting cages at the St. Louis Cardinals' spring training complex were made for working, not watching.

AP/Fox Sports

World Anti-Doping Agency Calls On MLB To Implement HGH Testing

Leaders of Major League Baseball's players' union have been bad-mouthing the science of human growth hormone testing for years, and have amplified their skepticism in the month since British rugby player Terry Newton became the first pro athlete banned for a positive HGH laboratory test.

NY Daily News