How can you condemn cheating in a game where the players are expected to "steal" bases? David Jacobson has done a remarkable job in researching and writing this week's business of baseball feature package, talking about salaries, the revenue sharing model and the MLB's legally sanctioned monopoly...
McDonald's Corp. enlists Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa for a 30- second TV spot breaking April 23 that targets kids ages 8 to 13. The commercial, from Leo Burnett USA, Chicago, ... McDonald's Corp. enlists Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa for a 30- second TV spot...
After failing to raise enough money to open a Sammy Sosa restaurant, longtime Chicago businessmen Gene and Joe Silverberg are now in talks to sell the rights to the project to a group of local investors. Joseph N. Gomez, a former banker and well-k...
OAK BROOK, ILL.--McDonald's teams with Chicago Cubs superstar Sammy Sosa for a "McWorld" TV spot that targets 8-l3-year-olds: "Do Over" which is slated to run through next year on network and cable youth programming, features a young boy hanging put with a buddy who is nonplused at the arrival home...
Sammy Sosa's home runs have landed him on the front page of newspapers across the country, while Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez's pitching prowess has brought him fame. Sammy Sosa's home runs have landed him on the front page of newspapers across the country, while...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--BW SportsWire--Jan. 12, 1999--Electronic Artstm (Nasdaq:ERTS), the world's largest interactive entertainment software company, confirmed today that the company has reached an agreement with Sammy Sosa, the 1998 National League Most Valuable Player, to be EA SPORTS'tm spokesman for Triple Play 2000.
With Major League Baseball at its postseason peak, it's only fitting that Jose Canseco would pick this time to drop back into our lives. Canseco is talking again, and this time he's doing it in an A&E Network documentary. In it, the best-selling author of Juiced says he...
NEW YORK AFP — Retired Major League Baseball slugger Jose Canseco said he regretted naming players as steroid users in his 2005 book "Juiced" during an interview with A and E Network, it was revealed on Tuesday. A documentary called "Jose Canseco: The Last Shot" saw the former...
Former A's outfielder Jose Canseco, whose book "Juiced" focused attention on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball and led to congressional hearings on the subject, now says he never should have written the book and named names of alleged steroid users. During an A...
We used Google for the first time, passed judgment on President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky and watched as baseball changed forever. The year was 1998. "History is a great teacher in life," says Commissioner Bud Selig, who was permanently named to his position 10 years ago...
Web Watch Debunking a Home Run Derby myth Hey, A-Rod, maybe it was safe for you to participate in the Home Run Derby after all. That's what Sportstsar.com concluded by taking the Derby winners since 2000 and looking at their second-half performances. ...
HOME RUN DERBY WINNERS 2008 -- Justin Morneau, Minnesota Twins Yankee Stadium 2007 -- Vladimir Guerrero, Los Angeles Angels (AT&T Park) 2006 -- Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies PNC Park 2005 -- Bobby Abreu Venezuela, Philadelphia Phillies (Comerica...
GRIFFEY HITS 600TH: Cincinnati Reds All-Star Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 600th career home run against the Florida Marlins at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, FL. Griffey became just the sixth player in Major League Baseball history to hit 600 career home runs, with a two-run drive in the first inning...
AAP Sports News Australia06-10-2008Base: Griffey joins exclusive club with 600th home run MIAMI, June 9 AFP - Cincinnati Reds slugger Ken Griffey jnr became just the sixth playerin Major League Baseball history to hit 600 career home runs on Monday with a two-runshot off Florida Marlins hurler Mark...
AAP Sports News Australia06-10-2008Base: List of leading home run hitters WASHINGTON, June 10 Reuters - Top 20 home run hitters in Major League Baseball historyafter Ken Griffey Jr reached 600 on Monday: (* = still active) Barry Bonds 762 ...
MIAMI -- Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 600th home run on Monday night, completing his long ascent and becoming the sixth player in history to reach that milestone. The Cincinnati outfielder homered off Florida lefty Mark Hendrickson in the first inning of the Reds' 9-4 victory against...
MIAMI AFP — Cincinnati Reds slugger Ken Griffey became just the sixth player in Major League Baseball history to hit 600 career home runs on Monday with a two-run shot off Florida Marlins hurler Mark Hendrickson. Griffey launched a 3-1 pitch from Hendrickson 413 feet over the right...
MIAMI AFP — Cincinnati Reds slugger Ken Griffey jnr became just the sixth player in Major League Baseball history to hit 600 career home runs on Monday with a two-run shot off Florida Marlins hurler Mark Hendrickson. Griffey launched a 3-1 pitch from Hendrickson over the right field...
