Tag: Los Angeles

• The dark side: The secret world of sports doping | News | Al Jazeera

  I’m currently reading Eddie Dominguez’s book about baseball’s drug problems in the years following the Mitchell Report. In the book, Baseball Cop: The Dark Side of America’s Pastime, Dominguez talks about his life and baseball’s unresolved drug issues. He kept mentioning ‘the documentary’ where he appeared. After a little digging (took me less than a…

  Joe Thompson, PhD

  18 May 2019

  baseball, Baseball History, history, sports

  1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, alcohol, Baltimore, baseball, books, Boston, Chicago, drugs, Florida, gambling, giants, history, Hollywood, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, mlb, movies, national baseball hall of fame, New England, new york, PED, Pittsburgh, Royals, sports, steroids, technology, television, Texas

• First Spring Training workout dates for all clubs

  

  First Spring Training workout dates for all clubs — Read on www.google.com/amp/s/amp.mlb.com/302778698-pitchers-and-catchers-2019-report-dates.amp.html

  Joe Thompson, PhD

  9 Feb 2019

  baseball, history

  Astros, Baltimore, baseball, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, cooperstown, Detroit, giants, history, Houston, Indians, Kansas City, Los Angeles, mlb, national baseball hall of fame, new york, orioles, Pirates, Pittsburgh, Royals, San Diego Padres, seattle, sports, Tigers, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington DC

• SABR Day in America’s Space City

  

  Happy National Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) day from the Larry Dierker chapter! Happy #AstrosFanFestDay from America’s #SpaceCity! Pics today from Houston Astros Fanfest!

  Joe Thompson, PhD

  26 Jan 2019

  baseball, Baseball History, history, sports

  1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Astros, baseball, blog, books, Branch Rickey, history, Indians, Kansas City, Los Angeles, mlb, Montreal Expos, movies, national baseball hall of fame, orioles, Royals, SABR, San Diego Padres, Seattle Pilots, sports, television, Texas, Toronto Blue Jays