http://www.baseballnewsblog.com Baseball news and Articles Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:02:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Changes made Friday to baseball’s joint drug agreement: — The management-union Health Policy Advisory Committee is disbanded and HPAC’s responsibilities over performance-enhancing drugs are given largely to the Independent Program Administrator. Decisions on ordering reasonable-cause testing will made jointly by management and the players’ association, with the matter going to an ... http://www.baseballnewsblog.com/2008/04/27/baseball-drug-agreement-changes-summary/ Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain is back in jail for failing to appear in court in a civil matter, according to a report in the Ann Arbor News on Friday. A former American League MVP and Cy Young Award winner, McLain apparently failed to appear in a Livingston County court, ... http://www.baseballnewsblog.com/2008/04/24/former-tigers-p-mclain-arrested/ Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was fined an unspecified amount by Major League baseball on Friday for his comments about umpire Phil Cuzzi prior to Wednesday’s 12-5 loss to the Minnesota Twins. Guillen accused Cuzzi of having a vendetta against him after an incident in Chicago’s home opener on Monday. ... http://www.baseballnewsblog.com/2008/04/18/white-sox-manager-guillen-fined/ The way things have been going early on for the Detroit Tigers, Dontrelle Willis initially thought he’d suffered a severe knee injury. Turns out it was hyperextended—that’s bad enough—after he slipped in front of the mound while delivering a first-inning pitch Friday night. If You want You can bet on baseball ... http://www.baseballnewsblog.com/2008/04/12/ordonez-lead-detroit/ Baseball fans, are you tired of waiting for the Mitchell Report off-season to get over with? Fear not because spring training is just around the corner and it won’t be long until the pitchers reports. However, what are some of the things you can look forward to while the off-season ... http://www.baseballnewsblog.com/2007/12/18/off-season-moves/ The Houston Astros on Tuesday signed infielder Geoff Blum to a one-year contract worth $1.1 million. The deal also includes incentives and a team option for 2009. Blum, 34, batted .252 with five home runs and 33 RBI for the San Diego Padres last season. Entering his 10th season, Blum returns to Houston, ... http://www.baseballnewsblog.com/2007/11/21/astros-sign-if-blum-to-one-year-deal/ Bob Melvin, who guided the Arizona Diamondbacks to the West Division title, was named National League Manager of the Year on Wednesday. Melvin received 19 of the 30 first-place votes and 119 points from the Baseball Writers Association of America. He easily outdistanced Philadelphia's Charlie Manuel, who received seven first-place votes ... http://www.baseballnewsblog.com/2007/11/20/diamondbacks-melvin-named-nl-manager-of-year/ Today was the first day of a new era in Yankees baseball. Out is Joe Torre, one of the most loved and successful managers in Yankees history. In, Joe Girardi, a main component of the Yankees dynasty in the late 1990's and manager of the year in 2006 for the ... http://www.baseballnewsblog.com/2007/11/16/manager-for-one-day-and-already-in-trouble/ Use checkpoints to stop at given points of the swing to observe & correct yourself. NOTE: Learn to check yourself from the feet up…every time. This will keep you from missing certain parts of the swing and more easily allow you to remember all details. Rest Position – How does it look, ... http://www.baseballnewsblog.com/2007/10/28/learn-to-be-your-own-baseball-batting-coach/ Train for SPEED Development Face it, on any given day there are a multitude of factors that can adversely affect your game. The biggest dynamic I see in the game is SPEED - pure running speed. It seems that no matter what else may be going on on the field, it ... http://www.baseballnewsblog.com/2007/09/02/baseball-training-secrets/