Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci took exception to [Donald Fehr]'s response to a reporter's question on Tuesday about the steroid scandal. "If we, I, had known or understood," Fehr said, "what the circumstances were a little better, then perhaps we would have moved sooner.
[Marvin Miller], 92, didn't do Fehr or baseball much of a favour when he recalled for reporters how drugs of a different kind were also a problem in baseball on his watch. "The amphetamines used to be supplied by the trainers, who were employed by the owners, in open bowls for whoever wanted to take a scoop of them," Miller told Ted Keith of sportsillustrated.cnn.com. "Not only were there no regulations, it was being supplied by the owners' employees. The first time I saw that in spring training I couldn't believe m...
... a period that saw the average baseball salary skyrocket 1,000 per cent, drug cheats -- including... concluded, "that's cheaper than hiring a midwife.". With the players union and their bosses -- past...