Holding Pattern: Guillen, Gibbons Desciplines Stayed
bizofbaseball.com 3/29/2008 — In a sign that changes to MLB drug testing policy are about to occur, Major League Baseball and the Players Association have agreed to stay the discipline of Jose Guillen of the Kansas City Royals and Jay Gibbons of the Baltimore Orioles for 10 days to allow for further negotiations over revisions to the Joint Drug Agreement. As I write today on Maury Brown's Biz of Sports : The changes that ...

Single Game Attendance Record Should Fall Tomorrow
bizofbaseball.com 3/29/2008 — Tomorrow night, the Boston Red Sox will visit the Los Angeles Dodgers in an exhibition game at the LA Coliseum as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Dodgers’ arrival in Los Angeles. The game is a benefit for Think Cure , the Dodgers’ official charity. The Dodgers have announced that to date they have sold 115,300 tickets to tomorrow night’s game and are ...

The Pinto still isn’t worth a damn!
bugsandcranks.com 3/29/2008 — Remember the Ford Pinto? It was a little piece of crap, death trap, of a car that I think just about every high school kid in America drove back in the ’70s. It wasn’t worth a damn. Apparently, it still isn’t. It was a crappy ...

The Federal League: Part Three
seamheads.com 3/29/2008 — The final chapter of my three part series focuses on the final season of the Federal League. Part one can be viewed here while part two can be read here . With their ongoing legal case still in the courts, the Federals opened up the 1915 season on April 10 th , with all eight teams in action.

Wanna Bet? Red Sox, Mass. Lottery to Make Announcement
bizofbaseball.com 3/29/2008 — Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling. The door of every clubhouse warns players that if the gamble on MLB games, they too will be banned. Yet, baseball has continued to accept legalized gambling, or gaming, as no longer being a social taboo, and more importantly, a way to garner increased revenues.

Dodgers Moving Into the Coliseum — Bleacher Report - MLB 3/28/2008
Tomorrow night at 7:10 pm PT the Los Angles Dodgers will take on the Boston Red Sox from the Los Angles Memorial Coliseum.   This is an exhibition game and will be played to celebrate the Dodgers 50 th anniversary of their move from ...

Padres place new CF Edmonds on disabled list — FOXSports.com News for MLB 3/28/2008
Center fielder Jim Edmonds was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Friday, meaning he'll miss his first opening day with the San Diego Padres. Edmonds strained his right calf in a spring training game on March 6. The DL move was retroactive to ...

God’s in Heaven and Joba’s in the Pen — Bleacher Report - MLB 3/29/2008
All winter I kept having the same reoccurring nightmare. In my dream I’m at the Stadium, the sun is shining, the air is crisp,  It’s a pivotal game in September against an elite American League team (the dream isn’t clear on ...

McKeon recalls 2003 championship — Major League Baseball News 3/28/2008
Friday's Marlins-Yankees matchup brought back memories of the 2003 World Series for Jack McKeon, then the Marlins' manager and now a special adviser to the organization. In 2003 the Marlins upset the Yankees in six games to claim the franchise's ...

Yankees: God’s in Heaven, Joba Chamberlain’s in the Pen — Bleacher Report - MLB 3/29/2008
All winter I kept having the same reoccurring nightmare. In my dream I’m at the Stadium, the sun is shining, the air is crisp,  It’s a pivotal game in September against an elite American League team (the dream isn’t clear on ...