Clark: MLB Players Won't Allow Deals To Be Voided For Drug Violations
New baseball union head Tony Clark says players won't agree to terminating contracts as part of discipline for drug violations.
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New baseball union head Tony Clark says players won't agree to terminating contracts as part of discipline for drug violations.
Tejada lost his job as the team's starting shortstop last year, when he was demoted to the minors during an injury-plagued season. But assuming he's healthy, he's in line to start again.
Former Mets reliever Jon Rauch blasted Alex Rodriguez on Twitter for filing a lawsuit against the Major League Baseball Players Association, saying the 14-time All-Star has run out of people to blame.
The Mets' ace, who will miss the entire 2014 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, didn't take too kindly to a tweet from a Yankees fan who was bothered that he was enjoying himself.
"As far as the whole experience of playing here, I've said it and I believe it -- I think every player should play in New York for a year," Glavine told Joe & Evan. "There's nothing like playing in this town."
The BBWAA has voted on Hall of Fame candidates since 1936, and elections have become more controversial in recent years as stars tainted by accusations of steroids use have fallen well short of the 75 percent needed for entry to Cooperstown.
Dan Le Batard was kicked out of the Baseball Writers' Association of America for one year and barred from future Hall of Fame votes after he turned over his 2014 ballot to a website that allowed readers to choose the selections.
Tom Glavine may be a newly minted Hall of Famer, but he still catches a lot of flack from Mets fans about how his career in Queens ended.
Masahiro Tanaka hit the ground running Wednesday with his first round of "clandestine meetings" in the U.S., according to WFAN and CBSSports.com baseball insider Jon Heyman.
With all the talk of performance enhancing drug allegations hindering the credentials of players up for Baseball Hall of Fame consideration, former major league manager Bobby Valentine dropped a bit of a bombshell on Thursday.
"I'd rather face (Jeff) Bagwell and (Craig) Biggio than Piazza," Mazzone told WFAN co-hosts Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts on Thursday afternoon.
Let's remember to focus some of our attention on the ones who actually did make it into the Hall. The vote is still meant to celebrate the greats, not destroy the process.
The ESPN host and longtime Miami Herald columnist acknowledged Wednesday he gave his baseball Hall of Fame ballot to Deadspin because he detests the "hypocrisy" in the voting process. And the reaction was largely negative.
It was announced on Wednesday that Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas will be inducted with the rest of the 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame class. Not on the list? Mike Piazza.
Piazza was named on 62.2 percent of the ballots (355 of 571), well shy of the 75 percent needed for induction. The Mets great received 57.8 percent in his first year of eligibility in 2013.
