So now we finally know that Mark McGwire used steroids and performance enhancing drugs to become the home run hitter he was.  His admission and apology Monday to Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, and to his former manager Tony La Russa of the St. Louis Cardinals was a slap in the face to baseball fans.
Because for [...]

Hours after the New York Yankees were hit with a luxury tax of $25.69 million, the World Series Champions raised their payroll for next season over $200 million. By acquiring right hand pitcher Javier Vasquez from the Atlanta Braves and seeing outfielder Melky Cabrera go to Atlanta, the Yankees opened up their options in the [...]

Flushing, NY – New York Mets Manager Jerry Manuel has seen the deterioration continue on the field. So he decided to call a late season closed door meeting with his team prior to the finale of a three game series against the Florida Marlins at Citi Field Thursday evening.
“Despite where we are in the standings [...]

Bridgeport, CT—The last time Southern Maryland saw Esteban Yan, he blanked them over nine innings for a complete game shutout.  Yesterday at the Ballpark at Harbor Yard, Yan once again pitched a complete game, but could not prevent the Blue Crabs (29-20) from crossing the plate in Bridgeport’s (20-28) 5-3 loss in the rubber game [...]

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY— Newark enjoyed a name-recognition advantage entering Sunday’s game against the Ducks, sporting a lineup featuring seven former major leaguers and a starter who also enjoyed success at the top level.
The Ducks countered with just two such players but still put a big league hurting on the Bears, torching six Newark pitchers for [...]

When Luis Castillo of the Mets woke up Friday morning, it was not on his To Do list to drop a pop fly in the bottom of the ninth that evening and lose a game for his team.  When Rollie Fingers warmed up in the bullpen for the ‘82 Brewers the day Don Sutton came [...]

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY- It’s not in the Atlantic League charter that the Ducks must claim the most former major leaguers. It just seems that the club has stockpiled the most accomplished players since winning the 2004 championship.
Newark is now challenging the Ducks for the biggest names in the independent minor league, carrying 15 ex-big leaguers [...]

It’s no secret that from the time catcher Jorge Posada headed to the disabled list last July the New York Yankees have missed him.  Posada, a home grown Bomber favorite, ended his 2008 season with shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum and a damaged rotator cuff that refused to improve with rest and rehabilitation.  [...]

NEWARK, NJ – Ruben Mateo and Randall Simon both recorded two home runs and the Newark Bears scattered 21 hits for the second consecutive game en route to a 12-6 victory over the Long Island Ducks on Sunday afternoon at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium.
The duo contributed back-to-back jacks during a six-run fifth inning [...]