Summary
Rafael Palmeiro's legacy as a professional baseball player shifted dramatically in the course of roughly a two-week period in the summer of 2005. A member of the Baltimore Orioles at the time, Palmeiro hit a double against the Seattle Mariners on July 15 for his 3,000 career hit, thereby joining an exclusive club of players with 3,0000 hits and 500 home runs. Before Palmeiro, only three players -- Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Eddie Murray -- had previously accomplished the feat. Shortly thereafter, on Aug. 1, Major League Baseball announced that Palmeiro had failed a steroids test, triggering a 10-day suspension. Palmeiro instantly became the most high-profile player to fail a test in an era dogged by rumor...
Rafael Palmeiro's legacy as a professional baseball player shifted dramatically in the course of roughly a two-week period in the summer of 2005. A member of the Baltimore Orioles at the time, Palmeiro hit a double against the Seattle Mariners on July 15 for his 3,000 career hit, thereby joining an exclusive club of players with 3,0000 hits and 500 home runs. Before Palmeiro, only three players -- Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Eddie Murray -- had previously accomplished the feat. Shortly thereafter, on Aug. 1, Major League Baseball announced that Palmeiro had failed a steroids test, triggering a 10-day suspension. Palmeiro instantly became the most high-profile player to fail a test in an era dogged by rumors of rampant use of performance-enhancing drugs. Before the failed test, while testifying before a House committee with other ballplayers in March 2005, Palmeiro had stated: "I have never used steroids. Period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that." The failed test and subsequent attempts to explain it sullied impressive career statistics and may ultimately ruin Palmeiro's prospects for entrance into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Palmeiro played three seasons with the Chicago Cubs, 10 with the Texas Rangers and seven with the Orioles during a 20-year career. Palmeiro finished with 569 career home runs, 1,835 RBIs and a .288 lifetime b
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Simply a star searcher
Eight isn't enough for Aramis Ramirez. He believes the Cubs' All-Star roster extends beyond the players who will be introduced with their National League teammates on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.
"Jim Hendry's an All-Star too," Ramirez said....Tags: Kerry Wood, Ethics, Lou Brock, Super Bowl, Multi-Sport Events
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Sour gripes about O's frustrating losses
If Glass-Half- Phil Gramm really thinks America has turned into a "nation of whiners," he might want to steer clear of Birdland for the next few weeks. In the wake of the dramatic two-week downturn that has taken the Orioles back to the lowest reaches of...Tags: Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, American League, Phil Gramm
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What they're saying about the Orioles
Baltimoresun.com staffHere's a roundup of what the national media are saying about the Orioles: • Steve Henson of Yahoo Sports gives the Orioles a B-minus in his list of midseason grades: Such a shame the Orioles are in a division with those powerhouse Rays, and, oh...Tags: Boston Red Sox, Jermaine Dye, Melvin Mora, Multi-Sport Events, New York Mets
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No more 'meatballs' in pitcher's box
Q: Don, I often wonder how the distance of 60 feet, 6 inches was arrived at in major league baseball. Kim Altenbach A: When professional baseball was first played in 1869, the pitcher had to start his delivery from within a flat box similar to the...Tags: Willie Mays, Mel Ott, Reggie Jackson, Todd Zeile, Jimmie Foxx
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Former Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson always a proud All-Star
The Cubs had a club-record seven players selected for the July 15 All-Star Game in New York. It was 20 years ago—July 12, 1988—when the Cubs had six players in the All-Star Game that was played at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati and won by...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Billy Williams, American League, Greg Maddux, Gale Sayers
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Brewers Downplay Sabathia Rumors
If the Brewers are considered a front-runner in the C.C. Sabathia sweepstakes, manager Ned Yost wanted nothing to do with it Friday. "A rumor is a rumor," Yost said before Milwaukee's 9-1 win against Pittsburgh. "We don't pay attention to it too much."...Tags: Roy Oswalt, Geovany Soto, Chicago White Sox, Distilling and Brewing Industry, Milwaukee Brewers
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Nine-run seventh ends Yankees' hitting slump
mark.herrmann@newsday.comBy about the sixth run and sixth hit in the seventh inning, it was, to quote Hank Steinbrenner, "getting ridiculous." You couldn't dream this up: Before the Yankees had even had a chance to sleep on Steinbrenner's demand that his hitters "start waking up,...Tags: House and Home, Boston Red Sox, Willie Mays, Reggie Jackson, Joe Girardi
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Sadly, Dara Torres feats raise questions
Dara Torres is going to get angry.
Right now she says she's anticipating more questions about how a 41-year-old could qualify for the Olympics without help from her medicine cabinet.
That tolerance will change, because it always does with athletes....Tags: Floyd Landis, Swimming, Multi-Sport Events
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Billingsley Ks 13, Dodgers rout Marlins 9-1
The Associated PressChad Billingsley struck out a career-high 13 without walking a batter and the Los Angeles Dodgers used a six-run first inning to beat the Florida Marlins 9-1 on Sunday, avoiding a four-game sweep. Billingsley (9-8) allowed a run and five hits over...Tags: Luis Gonzalez, Andruw Jones, Nomar Garciaparra, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers
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Fred Mitchell Around Town column
The Cubs had a club-record seven players selected for the July 15 All-Star Game in New York. It was 20 years ago—July 12, 1988—when the Cubs had six players in the All-Star Game that was played at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati and won by...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Billy Williams, American League, Greg Maddux, Gale Sayers
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