A fun campaign has appeared on the internets in the past week - a fan campaign to get Manny Ramirez into the starting lineup of this year's all-star game. The official Vote for Manny Blog claims the campaign "one part satire, one part sarcasm, one part fun, one part grandiose hopes [...]

Here is a photograph that tells you all you need to know about how much anyone is still paying attention to Jose Canseco: This was a press conference yesterday where Canseco was speaking about the Manny Ramirez situation. Ouch:

Only one reporter from The Associated Press, Canseco’s lawyer, a [...]

I'm proud to be part of the Trueslant team; not a finer bunch of bloggers and writers have I rubbed virtual shoulders with since I first sent vowels and consonants winging across cyberspace. But when I disagree with one of these esteemed colleagues, I'm gonna rail--hard. And I can't believe [...]

Graham has the reporting on the Manny story pretty much nailed down, so I'm just going to add a few thoughts. 1.  I could be wrong here, but it's hard to imagine any scenario where Manny's story about having a legitimate use for these drugs is even remotely plausible. 2.  Manny is [...]