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Rangers' organization at heart of scandal

But first, 2001: That's the year Alex Rodriguez joined the Rangers. It's also the year, according to 2007's Mitchell Report, Canadian border guards at the Toronto airport, during a routine inspection of the Cleveland Indians' baggage, found steroids ...

From BOB HILLE, Sporting News,  9 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Texas Rangers,  Alex Rodriguez,  John Hart (baseball),  John Rocker,  Cleveland Indians

K-Rod, Lidge named SN's Relievers of the Year

Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez and Phillies closer Brad Lidge are Sporting News' 2008 Relievers of the Year, as selected by a panel of 314 major league players. Lidge made Phillies history, becoming the franchise's first closer to convert each of ...

From BOB HILLE, Sporting News,  27 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Todd Jones,  Francisco Rodriguez,  Brad Lidge,  Bobby Thigpen

Sporting News' N.L. and A.L. All-Stars

I'm surprised Aubrey Huff made it. So much for people completely ignoring the Orioles. The Indians' individual talent, despite being a lousy team, is exposed. They only have a good 2007 season to show for all that talent. Maybe they'll rebound in '09. ...

From BOB HILLE, Sporting News,  24 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Baltimore Orioles

Lee, Tatis are SN's Comeback Players of the Year

Indians pitcher Cliff Lee and Mets outfielder Fernando Tatis are Sporting News' 2008 Comeback Players of the Year, as selected by a panel of 314 major league players. Lee earned a career-best 22 victories, including a pair of complete-game shutouts, ...

From BOB HILLE, Sporting News,  24 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Cliff Lee,  Fernando Tatis,  Barnes & Noble, Inc.,  Josh Hamilton

Hille: Living in the moment

But now, on a chilly spring morning in his office at Tucson's Hi Corbett Field, with four months' perspective, manager Clint Hurdle considers the defining moment of a season like no other in baseball history. He fiddles with his reading glasses, ...

From BOB HILLE, Sporting News,  12 Mar 2008
Related Topics: New York Yankees,  Matt Holliday,  Clint Hurdle,  Ray Wylie Hubbard,  National League

Hille: What'll it be, Cincinnati: Reds wins or Red Cross?

The Reds are in the midst of a 75-day exclusive negotiating window with the city of Goodyear, Ariz., to move the team's training facility west. Given that with the exception of a couple of years during World War II the Reds have trained in Florida ...

From BOB HILLE, Sporting News,  11 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Dusty Baker,  Adam Dunn,  Ken Griffey, Jr.,  Ed Smith,  Chris Dickerson

Hille: Spring training report: Pirates' rotting hulk has a new look

The complex is new, it's beautiful and it's a sign of a new Pirates regime of club president Frank Coonelly, general manager Neal Huntington and manager John Russell. Something new. Outfielder Steve Pearce hit the organizational ...

From BOB HILLE, Sporting News,  10 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Steve Pearce,  Doug Mientkiewicz,  Boston Red Sox,  Adam LaRoche,  Xavier Nady

Hille: Spring training report: White Sox must improve on 'horrible' '07

Setting the scene: Tooling 'round Tucson in the rental Ford -- yes, I did have the AC running at times, thank you very much -- two things become abundantly clear: 1. You get on the I-10, and you'd better have a plan for how to get off (gracias, ADOT) ...

From BOB HILLE, Sporting News,  21 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Joe Crede,  Ford Motor Company,  Nick Swisher,  Ken Williams,  Orlando Cabrera

Hille: Spring training report: Rockies already working to get back to the top

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Setting the scene: Full-squad workouts don't begin until later this week, most of the everyday players are already in camp. (No surprise; two days after the World Series, the Coors Field weight room was full.) So while the pitchers ...

From BOB HILLE, Sporting News,  20 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Troy Tulowitzki,  Garrett Atkins,  Matt Holliday,  Todd Helton,  Yorvit Torrealba

Hille: MLB drug testing can't be secondary anymore

What you didn't know is that baseball made a blockbuster trade in the 1990s: systematic detection of performance-enhancement use among players to be named later in exchange for strong financial footing. Owners asked the commissioner to deal with ...

From BOB HILLE, Sporting News,  18 Dec 2007
Related Topics: George Mitchell,  Brian McNamee,  Kirk Radomski,  Roger Clemens,  Barry Bonds

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