By Andrew P. Napolitano
The president's men trash the Constitution to pursue antagonists
New York Mets ace Matt Harvey will take the mound in one half-inning Friday night at Citi Field, and Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg will take it in another. It's as marquee a matchup of young power arms as there has been thus far this April.
R.A. Dickey languished in the minors for 14 years, bouncing from one team to another before finally perfecting that perplexing knuckleball that made him a major league star.
Raised only 34 miles apart in central Tennessee, R.A. Dickey and David Price won baseball's Cy Young awards on Wednesday — one by a wide margin, the other in a tight vote.
Much has changed since the All-Stars last pulled into town in 1973. Then again, it seems like much of baseball has been turned upside down since the final out of the crazy World Series last October.
Much has changed since the All-Stars last pulled into town in 1973. Then again, it seems like much of baseball has been turned upside down since the final out of the crazy World Series last October.
Turns out, Nationals rookie phenom Bryce Harper will be heading to Kansas City, Mo., after all.
It was billed as the best statistical pitching matchup since Fernando Valenzuela and Dwight Gooden battled at Chavez Ravine in 1985. Gio Gonzalez vs. Brandon Beachy, both taking their sub-2.00 ERAs to the mound, both hoping to notch an important victory for their team.
A year ago this week, Sports Illustrated put the Philadelphia Phillies' five starters on its cover.
Bryce Harper knew this was coming. When he arrived at the clubhouse for Washington's first full-squad workout of spring training, his teammates sent him a not-so-subtle message.
The Washington Nationals open a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, also the team's second annual "Black Heritage Night," a celebration of black Americans' contributions to baseball.
Davey Johnson has spent the majority of his 68 years involved in baseball. He managed Dwight Gooden and played with Jim Palmer. He's seen plenty of outstanding pitching in his lifetime.
This was in the Mets' clubhouse at Shea Stadium after an October loss to the Montreal Expos eliminated New York from the 1985 National League East race. Understandably, the gloom was so thick you couldn't have cut it with a chain saw, much less a knife.
Former major league baseball star Dwight Gooden has been sentenced to five years' probation after pleading guilty in New Jersey to child endangerment.
Roger Clemens put his right hand on the lectern, leaned down toward the microphone and made what might be the most important pitch of his life: "Not guilty, your honor."
Roger Clemens put his right hand on the lectern, leaned down toward the microphone and made what might be the most important pitch of his life: "Not guilty, your honor."
"I mean I don't look at them as being young," he said. "I look at the talent. When Dwight was 17 he looked like a big leaguer except he just didn't have the innings to pitch in the big leagues. I mean Harp, he does everything a little bit better than average."
Bryce Harper added to NL All-Star team as injury replacement →
Another former Mets ace, Dwight Gooden, said he was flipping between an NBA playoff game and the Mets game, at least for a while.
