Forget Alex Rodriguez and his so-called 600 home runs, but don’t forget Ken Griffey Jr.
Don’t Forget Junior
With Mr. A-Roid A-Fraud having finally entered the *** asterisked 600 home run club, we should all take a time-out to recognize the genuine accomplishments not just of Aaron, Ruth and Mays, but of the one power hitter of [...]

Matt Garza throws a no-hitter for the Tampa Bay Rays.
Year of the Pitcher, Part 2 – MLB Baseball
And it continues…
Matt Garza has just completed the fifth no-hitter of the 2010 Major League Baseball campaign, the first in Tampa Bay Rays history–a team that has been no-hit three times themselves in the last two years, a [...]

Major League Baseball pitchers are having a banner year in 2010, their first in a long time.
Year of the Pitcher
Whether it is because Major League Baseball has manipulated game conditions to counteract the bloated offensive numbers of the steroid era, or because decreased steroid use has increased pitching efficiency, or because of something else altogether, [...]

The Texas Rangers, not the New York Yankees, win the Cliff Lee trade lottery.
Texas Rangers Not Saying “Wait ‘Til Next Year”
Your humble (okay, maybe not so humble) editor has been somewhat lax in writing articles himself lately. For that, I apologize. It is not for lack of interest and desire. A teething [...]

The worst sports team logos and names in the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL.
Logos and Names
Most of my readers have probably figured out last week’s column was really another way for me to continue my never-ending rant on the blatant racial insult that the NFL team playing in our nation’s capital foists upon every living [...]

Deep Into Sports presents the first DISwin Award honoring costly stupidity in sports.
The DISwin Awards: Winner #1
Most people are familiar with the Darwin Awards, the annual honoring of those individuals whose own stupidity has resulted in their deaths, thereby thankfully removing their idiocy from the global gene pool.
In the grand tradition of the Darwins, we [...]

The Boston Red Sox have been one of the more disappointing teams so far in the 2010 Major League Baseball season. Daisuke Matsuzaka’s near no-hitter may have changed those fortunes.
Have the Boston Red Sox Finally Turned 2010 Around?
Sometimes one game can change a season.
Sometimes that’s because an injury decimates a hitherto high-flying squad. [...]

The argument against steroids in sports should stop focusing on the statistics and start targeting on the ill-effects on the human body.
Juiced Up For No Good Reason
Take a fellow with no athletic ability, no interest in sports, and no time in school playing them, no college or minor leagues, give him a ton of performance-enhancing [...]

Mark McGwire’s admission to using steroids is at best delusional and at worst sleazy “image” spin-control to garner sympathy for Cooperstown consideration.
HITTING THE HALLMARK
Mark McGwire’s former team, the St. Louis Cardinals, has recently hired him as their hitting coach. It’s part of that organization and their famous slugger’s plan to help “Big Mac” slink [...]

Alex Ness is a writer, a poet, and a reader. You can find links to all his work at http://alexnesspoetandwriter.blogspot.com. His first post for DeepIntoSports.com recalls his fond memories of Andre Dawson’s playing days in commemoration of The Hawk’s election to baseball’s Hall of Fame.
Memories and the Hawk
1969: Twins versus Tigers in Metropolitan Stadium, [...]