Now that Bud Selig is finally stepping down as commissioner of Major League Baseball, he is leaving behind a sport that is being watched less than football and even basketball. It’s time to find an innovative and forceful replacement. That would be me. First of all, it’s time a woman Read More…
Most Berkeley students harbor dreams of reaching the pinnacle of their profession. For one former Bear, his moment arrives tonight. Erik Johnson, who most recently pitched for Cal during their miracle run to the College World Series in 2011, is set to make his major league debut for the Chicago Read More…
The message the Baseball Writers Association of America sent on Jan. 9 was loud and clear: Players who are even under suspicion of taking performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) are not welcome in Cooperstown. Coinciding with Lance Armstrong’s confession of using PEDs was the fact that the Baseball Writers Association of Read More…
Former Cal baseball player Brett Jackson made his major league debut for the Chicago Cubs on Sunday, going 2-4 with two singles, a walk and a run in the Cubs’ 7-6 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The fourth-highest draft pick in Cal baseball history, Cubs fans have been awaiting Read More…
I am lost without baseball. Of course, the frivolous temptations of football season are a welcome distraction. Every Sunday, all I have to do is tune in to CBS, watch a couple games, spend five minutes checking out box scores on Yahoo, and I can consider myself a fairly committed Read More…
There’s a major problem in sports. It’s not steroids; it’s not cheating. Not the NBA lockout or the BCS. A couple weeks ago, Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson went on a radio show and called someone a word that no one, in polite company or otherwise, should ever utter. The Read More…
Get ready sports fans for a wild, octave-jumping take on the theme song to Baseball Tonight. Guitarist Tom Morello has done a cover of the MLB recap show. The Rage Against the Machine and Street Sweeper Social Club guitarist, a long time Chicago Cubs fan, can be seen here in Read More…