Every year I hope to see Tim Raines make it into the Hall of Fame. Hopefully 2010 will be the year. Tim Raines, for me, is clearly one of the greatest outfielders to ever play the game. In his 23-year career, Raines hit .294 with 170 home runs, 980 runs batted in, 1,571 runs scored, [...]

With the jokes and the gleeful talks of how he is being dropped by sponsors, one would think folks have become somewhat giddy over the poor boy’s misfortunes. What I could not believe were the statements and/or comments — that actually made their way to CNN yesterday — on racial tensions from within the [...]

Yes, I went there and for good reason and I know I’ll probably get grief for this but, I’m older and I can say it because I have lived it. You cannot have a bad man without a stupid woman. Typically, stupid women come in the form of sisters, mothers or a woman [...]

Jonathan Figueroa, former rising star for the Los Angeles Dodgers, died November 8 due to complications from lupus. Figueroa was rated the Dodgers’ No. 2 prospect in the 2003 Prospect Handbook, behind the club’s current first baseman James Loney and just ahead of Tigers right-hander Edwin Jackson. A pitcher, Figueroa was signed out of Venezuela [...]