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Ronald Blum |  Associated Press New York — Major League Baseball has stopped testing players for steroids for the first time in nearly 20 years due to the expiration of the sport’s drug agreement, two people familiar with the sport’s Joint Drug Program told The Associated Press. The people spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because
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There’s bad blood between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association. The sides exchanged statements condemning the other Friday, and neither offered new proposals, as MLB’s lockout forges on and collective bargaining agreement negotiations surrounding core economics are at a standstill. At this point, spring training — scheduled to start Feb. 16 — will almost surely
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The vast majority of franchise leaderboards — especially for the 16 original franchises — look how you’d expect them to look. Hank Aaron owns the Braves’ board. Many of the Mets’ pitching marks are Tom Seaver’s territory. Willie Mays is a giant among Giants. You’re not going to stump anybody by asking them to guess
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Wade Johnston was the starting left fielder for the Detroit Stars from 1928-1931.  (Photo credit: Wikipedia.com) In recent posts, I have integrated Detroit Stars players into the all-time Detroit major league position lists.  The difficulties involved in ranking Negro League players are discussed in the Detroit Stars all-star team post.  The complete list of position ranks
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The Detroit Tigers continue to add free agents leading up to the organization’s mid-February minicamp in Lakeland, Florida. The Tigers recently signed right-handed reliever Carlos Sanabria and catcher Chris Rabago to minor-league deals. Although MLB free agents can’t sign contracts during the lockout, minor-league free agents can do so. Pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report Feb.
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Chatting with SportsGrid’s Craig Mish earlier this week, Byron Buxton spoke about his decision to re-sign a seven-year extension with the Twins rather than play out the 2022 season and enter the free-agent market next winter. Reports dating back to July have indicated that the Twins and Buxton both hoped to work something out, and
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Associated Press |  Detroit Free Press NEW YORK – Five players were suspended Friday for violations of the minor league drug program, raising this year’s total to nine. Free agent pitcher Nick Belzer and pitcher Charles Hall of Oakland’s Class A Central Lansing farm team were suspended for 50 games each for a second positive
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