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This type of scandal has happened in other sports as well .

Meet the baseball player who can get a World Series ring regardless of who wins .

For Caron Butler, it's about overcoming one obstacle at a time : "I want to be playing basketball now, but it starts with the baby steps. And one of the things I really wanted to do was get back on the baseball field and redeem myself," Butler said yesterday after successfully throwing the ceremonial first pitch, an accomplishment he celebrated with a cap toss most MLB pitchers reserve for a no-hitter or a World Series clincher. "Now the next step is getting in the gym and working hard on my craft and redeeming ourselves from last season." Anything it takes to motivate the team for next year.

I didn't know that the NL has been losing All-Star Games since 1996 . And I though football and basketball was disproportionate.

Mets player Nelson Figueroa calls the Nationals " softball girls " for celebrating their (far-and-few-between) win. Ouchie!

Because it allows people to cut through the fat of things like the Mitchell Report and tell people what they want to know: which baseball players were mentioned, and in what context .

The New England Patriots did the downtown stomp on Miami, and the Red Sox went all Return of the Jedi on the Indians.

...Is to say "It doesn't happen, so who cares? There's always next year. It's not like it's the end of the world." while the team is trying to get out of a 3-1 hole against the Cleveland Indians. Who said it? Not a sports writer. It was Boston player Manny Ramirez .

Via Crooks and Liars: Barry Bonds breaking the homerun record won't make him any less of a jerk .