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I recently got into a discussion with someone in a newsgroup regarding team chemistry.It all started when I sent out a message to some of the more active Usenet baseball newsgroups about this site. Not a heck of a lot of people are reading it so I figured I might as well go out and promote it a little.One person was kind enough to click the link but immediately took offense to my bio, which states that I believe team chemistry is a myth. That’s not a joke; I really do think

In yet another startling revelation, Brian McNamee admitted this week that he injected Roger Clemens dog Kasey with steroids and HGH. The allegations were revealed during a deposition to Congressional lawyers for next weeks hearings in which McNamee claims to have also injected Clemens wife with HGH for an SI photo shoot. The circumstances around the injection of Kasey, a purebred Schnauzer, are a little hazy. McNamee claims to have injected the dog in the preceding months

The Daily News is reporting that Brian McNamee has syringes and gauze pads used by Roger Clemens around 2000 and 2001 that contain steroid residue and possible DNA evidence. Huh? Seven year old syringes? Look, this isn't CSI. I can't tell you the halflife of steroids as it lives in plastic or gauze. But the fact that McNamee has this supposed evidence raises a lot more questions about Clemens, but also McNamee's character. McNamee is a former New York City police officer w

Oh, Thank God. The saga that was, the always imminent but never actually happening trade of Johan Santana has been completed. Well, almost. The Mets traded four minor leaguers that nobody gives a rats ass about to the Twins for arguably the best pitcher in the major leagues. All they have to do now is give him over twenty million dollars a year for as many years as he'll take and this trade is complete. After months of speculation, countless AP stories, worthless quotes fr

It's been a bit of a quiet baseball week (although not at work) so I haven't posted much. Naturally, the first days I take off, Peter Abraham links to my page at my request. Thanks a ton, Peter. If you're a Yankee fan or even just a baseball fan and you're not reading Peter's blog, you're stupid. There's a link to the left. Click it, bookmark it, and read it a few times a day. A few minor Yankee stories this week. Looks like they're going to tie Robbie Cano up for a least fou

Washington, DC - Congress stunned the sporting community Tuesday, announcing that steroids are now legal in the sport of baseball. "We've been looking at baseball's problems for some time," said Congressman Thomas Delaney, R-Delaware. "Frankly, these idiots couldn't fix a sandwich, nevermind a sport. We have better things to do, like stopping gay marriage, immigration and some shenanigans overseas. Besides, who doesn't love the long ball?" Baseball has been reeling since t

In one of his rare appearances to the outside world, Hank Steinbrenner spoke to the press this week. The subject? No, not Jennifer Love Hewitt, although I'm sure Hankenstein wanted to rush to her aid when he saw her thighs on the cover of People magazine, the headline screaming, "I'm Not Fat!!!" Neither am I, sweetheart. Neither am I... No, this week The Tamperor wanted to talk out loud about, of all things, Johan Santana. It seems someone in the press thought it prudent

Before I even had a chance to accept or decline my invitation to question Major Leaguers with Congress on January 16th, they went ahead and moved the date on me to February 13th. Speculation says they thought I had a scheduling conflict and shifted the date to accommodate me. That’s just ridiculous.The real reason Congress has pushed back the date is to gather more evidence in regards to Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, and everyone’s favorite criminal, Chuck “Twelfth Row” Kno

Gene Wojciechowski recently posted an article over on ESPN.com (heard of it?), breaking down the Clemens defense and how it doesn’t hold water.I don’t want to get up on a soapbox here, even though that’s typically what blogs are used for, but I have a really hard time with journalists proclaiming guilt or innocence in the case of Roger Clemens right now. The only evidence we have, at this very moment, of Roger Clemens doing steroids, is the testimony of Brian McNamee. If th

In what has to be considered the most unlikely of developments, I’ve been asked to be a guest question asker at the Congressional hearings on steroids on the 16th. To say this is an unexpected honor is like saying Brady Anderson’s 50 home runs were unexpected. I’m shocked and honored.However, I have decided that I do not want to abuse this special privilege that has been bestowed upon me. After all, I have no link to baseball other than my silly blog, I am not a lawyer, I

You’ve spent the last twenty years of your life with one company, a high profile family-run business lead by a maniacal patriarch. You started as a mere intern, working your way through the ranks to management, where you find success at a relatively young age. But success doesn’t last forever. As key members of the team drift off to retirement, the struggle to replace them amidst a barren farm system leads to frustration from ownership. Your control is diminished as you

One of the oldest reporters on television interviewed one of the oldest players in the majors, and for all we know, both of them could be on steroids. Clemens continued his denial of steroid and HGH use on "60 Minutes"Sunday night, telling Mike Wallace repeatedly that it "didn't happen"as anger and frustration creased his face. There wasn't much revealed in the interview, which was to be expected. What could Clemens say? How does one prove whether he has or has not done ste

Congress has called Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, and Chuck Knoblauch to testify on steroids. Reportedly, after Clemens testifies, he will be thrown into the Potomic to see if he floats. Really, this is getting a bit silly. Pettitte has admitted wrong doing, your satisfaction may vary. Knoblauch can shed little light on the current game and can only incriminate himself. The prized buck is Clemens. Congress isn't waiting for pending lawsuits between Clemens and McNamee.

This is an article that was originally published on HardRockSports.com. HardRock sports columnist Scott A. Ham examines how the return of Darryl Strawberry will effect the New York Yankees roster. Sometime before September 1st, the Yankees are expected to place Darryl Strawberry on their major league roster, just in time to qualify him for post-season play. Strawberry has missed the entire season to date after being arrested in April in Tampa, Florida for cocaine possession

This is an article that was originally published on HardRockSports.com. HardRock sports columnist Scott A. Ham takes a look at the most common statistics used in baseball and why they don't tell the whole story. About a week ago, Mark Smith, a fellow columnist here on HardRock Sports, wrote about a statistic called Offensive Winning Percentage (OW%) and it’s relative unimportance. Mark made some good points in his article, notably the uselessness of extravagant statistics

This is an article that was originally published on HardRockSports.com. In light of the skirmish in Seattle, HardRock Sports columnist Scott A. Ham takes a look at the ethics of baseball and the sometimes harrowing results. Friday night saw yet another Major League Base-brawl break out, this time between the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners. The fight was billed as Yanks-Mariners III: The Battle in Seattle, with Don King over-looking the umpires and cable reven

This is an article that was originally published on HardRockSports.com. HardRock Sports columnist Scott A. Ham takes a look at the return to New York of the man who would be King. Newspapers. We read them every day. Some are tabloid, like the New York Post, and some smell of prestige like the New York Times or the Washington Post. It has been said, and probably accurately, that the standards of journalism decreased as more publications became available, making the all-

This is an article that was originally published on HardRockSports.com. HardRock Sports columnist Scott A. Ham explains how the weekend series between the Yanks and Indians had a little bit of everything. There was a lot of anticipation going into the weekend series between the Yankees and the Indians. Yankee loyalists have stopped short of calling this a disappointing season in light of last year’s triumph, but the grumbling about the Bomber’s lackadaisical play at times

This is an article that was originally published on HardRockSports.com. The rarities didn't stop with David Cone's perfect game Sunday as HardRock Sports columnist Scott A. Ham looks at a great week in baseball Any week that starts off with a perfect game is going to be a little coo-coo. Even on Thursday night, Sportscenter was STILL running a piece on Cone’s gem. There were a lot of strange things involved in the game: the 33 minute rain delay (David Wells, who threw a

This is an article that was originally published on HardRockSports.com. HardRock Sports columnist Scott A. Ham looks at an incredible day in Yankee history and explains why David Cone truly is perfect. When the New York Yankees marched into the playoffs via the wild card spot in 1995, they did so with a purpose: to get Don Mattingly a ring. They had the components of a decent team but hadn’t been to the playoffs in thirteen years. The Seattle Mariners, a team that had pl