Induction
Jan 11, 2013
Major League Baseball Player Suspended Over Gay Slur
Sep 19, 2012 Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar came out onto the field during a game Saturday against the Boston Red Sox with "tu ere maricon" written in Spanish on his eye black, which translates to “you are a faggot."
How Baseball Explains Modern Racism
Sep 30, 2011 New analysis of statistics gleaned from baseball provides a larger lesson about conditioned behavior in our institutionally racist society.
‘Moneyball’ Isn’t a Home Run
Sep 26, 2011 "Moneyball" is a good story and people who have little interest in baseball don’t need to fear it. On the other hand, it has its largely overlooked problems.
9/11 and the Damage Done
Sep 7, 2011 On the day the towers fell, furies flew out of the hole in the ground and like all restless spirits, they headed west I did not realize it at the time, of course, but did have the sense a few days after the dust began to settle at Ground Zero that things had shifted, a feeling that we all had, as if the world itself had gone off its axis.
The War of the McCourts
Sep 28, 2010 The story of Frank and Jamie McCourt, who turned the Dodgers into their own piggy bank, lived a life of mortgaged royalty and then decided to destroy one another, is like something out of Tom Wolfe.The story of Frank and Jamie McCourt, who lived a life of mortgaged royalty and then decided to destroy one another, is like something out of Tom Wolfe.
Feds Call Baseball Great Clemens Foul
Aug 19, 2010 The Rocket is headed for the docket. Roger Clemens has been indicted for allegedly lying to Congress about his steroid use. How foolish of Clemens to testify without first procuring an insurance company or a bank, or offering his services as a military contractor. Doesn't he know how Washington works?
George Steinbrenner’s Evil Empire
Aug 5, 2010 The Boss didn’t leave his heirs a baseball team but a financial empire that can never be rivaled, villains you can depend on and a legacy like Sherman's to Georgia.
How Baseball Became America vs. the Damn Yankees
May 20, 2010 Baseball has always proceeded according to the law of the jungle with the Yankees as King Kong, but in the past even they never dominated financially as they do now.
All-Stars, Steroids and the Super Bowl
Feb 12, 2010 L.A. Times columnist and Truthdig contributor Mark Heisler explains why the NBA All-Star game is no fun anymore and why overreacting sportswriters can't forgive Mark McGwire for breaking their hearts.Mark Heisler explains why the NBA All-Star game is no fun anymore and why overreacting sportswriters can't forgive Mark McGwire for breaking their hearts.
