The Hall of Fame voters had their steroid witch hunt and, in an election with at least six slam dunk first ballot Hall of Famers and at least 15 guys worthy of consideration, they elected no one. The Hall voters made a statement. Cheaters don’t belong in the Hall of Fame with pitch scuffers Gaylord [...]

In case there is any doubt that the Baseball Hall of Fame is stumbling into irrelevancy, consider this. Jack Morris will probably get elected to the Hall of Fame next year. 2013 ballot newcomers Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens will not. I’m not here to reopen or continue the grating debate about Morris’s candidacy. I’m [...]

I’m sick of those obnoxious holier-than-thou baseball writers who voted to keep guys like Jeff Bagwell and Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro out of the Hall of Fame with the bullshit pretense that they’re taking a stand against cheating. News flash! Cheating’s been in baseball for a long effing time. In the ‘50s and ‘60’s, [...]

I was born on December 30. I share a birthday with Lebron James and Tiger Woods, the world’s greatest basketball player and the world’s greatest fornicator. Tiger’s greatness need not be attested to at this time. That might be a topic better left to Golf Digest or, perhaps, Penthouse forum. But Lebron’s greatness is evident [...]