Mike Piazza
Mike Piazza's book contains the opposite of a bombshell
At midnight on Tuesday, Mike Piazza's long-awaited memoir hits bookstores and Kindles everywhere. And the news contained within it, bizarrely and based on some odd expectations, is what Piazza doesn't do: admit to taking steroids. More
What are the baseball writers doing to Cooperstown?
Bobby Bonds was a cheater, but he dominated baseball over a period of years. The Hall needs to account for him. And then when my daughter and I pass the Barry Bonds plaque without posing in front of it, I can tell her about the time I saw Bobby Jones induce Bonds to fly out weakly to preserve a one-hitter at Shea Stadium in the 2000 National League playoffs. More
Mike Piazza, convicted without proof by the Hall of Fame voters
The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York will announce its new members Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. More
(4)The New York Hall of Fame candidates, from Piazza to (Rondell) White
This week, the Baseball Writers Association of America released the 37 former major leaguers, retired for at least five seasons, who roughly 600 writers can vote into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Twenty-four of these are newcomers. More
Roger Clemens found not guilty of perjury, for all the good it does him
Roger Clemens, one of baseball's greatest pitchers ever, was acquitted of all charges in a perjury case against him on Monday. The case was something of a disaster for the prosecution. A four-year process by the U.S. attorney's office to charge and try him—twice, after the first trial ended in mistrial due to prosecutor error—was based upon sworn statements Clemens had made to Congress about never having used steroids or human-growth hormone. More
Murray Chass convicts Mike Piazza for acne; will the Hall of Fame do the same?
For nearly 50 years, Murray Chass wrote for the New York Times about baseball. Since leaving the paper in May, he has written a "site for baseball columns" on which a running theme is that Mike Piazza took steroids when he was a player. More
(2)John Franco gets his due from the Mets; now how about John Stearns?
For a team looking to honor its entire past, what could be more fitting than to admit John Stearns into the Hall of Fame? In a season like the upcoming one, showing appreciation for a Met who played on weak teams would be a useful example. More
