Cuba barred from World Baseball Classic

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The United States has banned the Cuban baseball team from the World Baseball Classic next march. A Treasury spokeswoman said: “The Cuba embargo prohibits deals in which Cuba or Cuban nationals have an interest.” The decision is seen as a blow to advocates...

Las Vegas Marlins

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The Sports Weblog has an article about the possibility of the Florida Marlins moving to Las Vegas. I just have to say that I can not see that happening. Baseball is not as large of a betting sport these days as say football is, but I find it hard picturing Bud Selig...

Baseball has a new drug policy

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The players union and major league baseball finally came to an agreement on a tougher steroid policy. Rather than a light slap on the wrist, players will now face 50 game suspensions for first time offense, and 100 games for 2nd. Three times, and you are suspended for...

A-Rod wins AL MVP

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Alex Rodriguez has been voted the American League MVP this year just two years after being voted the MVP when he was with the Texas Rangers. It was a close vote, and he beat out David Ortiz 331 to 301. He had 1 more home run, 18 less runs batted in, and a .021 better...

No more Red Sox this year…

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The Red Sox have been swept, and will not be continuing on with their post season. I am not really surprised, though; they barely made it into the post-season as was. It would have been nice to have a repeat of last year, but if they are going to insist in putting...