Nathaniel Rakich
Manny Ramirez, Steroids, and Having It Both Ways in the Hall of Fame
The question of how to handle known steroid users in Hall of Fame voting is a thorny one, but many voters have settled on a chronological distinction. It doesn't hold up.
If the MLBPA Goes Public with CBA Negotiations, They Lose
Recent protestations by Gerrit Cole, Jacob deGrom, and other young players over their salaries smell like an effort by the players' union to elevate the issue of pre-arbitration salaries ahead of those talks. That might not work.