Let’s Just Use the Fake Steroids List

How good is the next name going to have to be, from baseball’s secret steroids-offender list? The returns on the leaks from the six-year-old document are already diminishing: Alex Rodriguez was boffo, scandal-perfect, exactly what everyone wanted to hear.

But that was the peak. The Manny Ramirez–David Ortiz combo? Ramirez was already serving a Read More

The Sheffield Shuffle

It’s a tabloid truism that baseball sells papers. That’s why, in late November–with the Jets, Giants and Knicks winning and the Rangers hosting former captain Mark Messier–the back page of the New York Post on Nov. 25 was devoted to a baseball player from Florida.

The Post and the Daily News are in the Read More

The Sheffield Shuffle: It’s Made for Tabloids

It’s a tabloid truism that baseball sells papers. That’s why, in late November-with the Jets, Giants and Knicks winning and the Rangers hosting former captain Mark Messier-the back page of the New York Post on Nov. 25 was devoted to a baseball player from Florida.

The Post and the Daily News are in the midst Read More