Spring training is underway in Florida and Arizona, so there’s plenty to report out of each teams’ camps. Here are few of the headlines from the first week out of the warmer states with baseball greats!
A-Rod Reflects on Last Year
Around this time last year, Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez was crying and apologizing for his steroid use from ‘earlier’ in his career. Lucky for him, that media coverage faded away due to his hip injury that kept him out til May. Then, when the postseason came, he ‘redeemed’ himself with a …

Disclaimer: Some information written in this section is strictly rumor, and has no factual information outside of what has been heard, or speculated upon, via outside sources.
Manny’s Farewell Tour

In the final year of his two-year, $45 million contract (overpriced much?), Manny Ramirez has announced that he is not coming back to the Dodgers next year. Please tell me he’s retiring..!!! Well, not so fast – Manny says he is undecided on what to do next year, but he expects to be either retired or back to DH in the American …

It’s been a long offseason for Johnny Damon, one that he likely won’t want to go through again.
The Detroit Tigers and Johnny Damon reached an agreement on a one-year/$8 million deal on Saturday to end the saga of Damon’s new team. Nearly a month ago, the Yankees called Damon’s bluff and signed Randy Winn to play outfield to replace Damon. That left Johnny and his agent Scott Boras questioning Damon’s worth on the market and whether the 36-year-old was going to find a home worth his liking (money-wise that is).
The …

For those of you who don’t follow the Olympics, could care less whether Brett Favre will play another year, don’t care about basketball, and have been hit with snow in the last week (yes, that includes you in Texas too), get a warm feeling! Baseball is on it’s way back!

No, it’s not quite the summer months yet, so don’t pull out the shorts from the closet quite yet… but today marks the first day of mandatory pitchers and catchers practice! Position players are required to join the battery men next week, …

Although Frank Thomas hasn’t play a game since 2008 with Oakland, he wasn’t officially retired until now.  Thomas will hold a press conference at US Cellular Field today to make the official statement.  Thomas, aka The Big Hurt, spent 16 years of his 19 year career with the White Sox.  In the 90’s The Big Hurt was arguably the most dominant hitter in baseball and without a doubt the most intimidating, standing at 6′5″ 275 pounds.
From 1991-1999 Thomas averaged 32 HRs and 112 RBI a season.  In that same time …

Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants reached a contract agreement that is worth $23 million over the next two seasons.  Lincecum will receive a $2 million signing bonus and be paid $8 million for the 2010
season.  His salary will be raised to $13 million in 2011.  He also can get money for performance and award bonuses.  This is a large pay raise for the back to back NL Cy Young Award winner.  The 25 year old made just $650,000 last season.  He is eligible for free agency after the …

Until yesterday no one wanted Johnny Damon on their team, including the Yankees.  Reason being is he wanted $10 million per season at the age of 36 AND a multi-year deal which would be him at age 37, at the least.  All of a sudden Damon is now getting offers from the Braves (1-year, $4 million) and the Tigers (1-year, $4.5 million) and I’ve even heard rumors of the Rays being interested.
Johnny Damon is a prime example of players demanding too much money.  Obviously this happens year after year, we …