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Adderall Is Baseball's New Drug Problem, Says Doc (351 diggs) A major league baseball player’s bitter divorce has lifted the lid on the sport’s new drug problem – players abusing the drug Adderall.

Janitor Faces Prison After Stealing World Series Ring (220 diggs) On Monday a janitor who worked at Citizens Bank Ballpark pleaded guilty to stealing a World Series ring he found in a bathroom at the ballpark last summer, and now he's facing up to seven years behind bars.

Top Five "MLB Ready" Rookies (201 diggs) Which Rookies Will Start in the Bigs? These rookies will likely make the opening day roster and make an immediate impact.

Scientist Says He Figured Out Baseball's Winning Formula (192 diggs) An Iowa State physicist has come up with a new formula that predicts which baseball teams will be winners.

Eri Yoshida: The First Women Drafted to a Pro Team (227 diggs) Yoshida is in the United States to pitch in the independent Arizona Winter League and pitched four scoreless innings for Yuma on Feb. 12, the report said.

Ex-Cub Milton Bradley to Chicago: Blame yourselves, not me (196 diggs) "Two years ago, I played, and I was good," Bradley told The Times. "I go to Chicago, not good. I've been good my whole career. So, obviously, it was something with Chicago, not me." ... Obviously. ... It's your turn Seattle.

10 Milestones Within Reach During the 2010 MLB Season (228 diggs) The last three seasons have been loaded with historic moments in Major League Baseball. Especially from the plate. Check out these milestones that might be set by players in 2010.

Hulk Hogan Offers Mark McGwire Advice on Steroids Stigma (302 diggs) In an interview last week, the aging wrestler said: "You've got to come clean. Don't cling to half truths, either. I tried that during an interview on Arsenio Hall. I said I wasn't on steroids, which was half true. I wasn't when he asked me. But had I been? Yes. My advice is to lay it all out there."

A-Rod Strokes His Bat (GIF) (347 diggs) Getting ready to hit the long ball.

Mark McGwire's Brother Exposing Him As Liar in New Book (209 diggs) It’s one thing to have a trainer expose you as a fraud, it’s another when that trainer is your brother. Mark McGwire knows what it’s like to be betrayed by his own brother.

Cubs Manager Lee Elia's Famously Profane Tirade (219 diggs) a clip of the famous, legendary and very NSFW tirade by former Cubs manager Lee Elia. It is simply the greatest verbal tirade ever by a manager. The date was April 29, 1983, the Cubs had just lost to drop to 5-14 and Lee Elia was red hot.

Royals being sued after mascot allegedly poked fan's eye out (273 diggs) The Kansas City Royals are being sued after mascot Sluggerrr allegedly poked a fan's eye out with a hot dog. Sluggerrr was firing hot dogs into the crowd via his air gun, the alleged accident occurred when the mascot started chucking dogs into the crowd by hand.

Royals Mascot Sued Over Hot Dog Throw (164 diggs) The Kansas City Royals Mascot, Sluggerrr, is being sued for detaching a fan's retina with an off-target hot dog heave. Zack Greinke he's not.

Manny Ramirez says: "I won't be here in 2011" (177 diggs) Manny Ramirez says it's not realistic to expect the Dodgers to re-sign him.

Make 39 Errors and You Could Be the Next Cubs Shortstop (210 diggs) Another stroke of Cubs genius. The Cubs already have told their current shortstop that a prospect with 39 errors in 2009 will take his job. ??????

An MLB Pitcher's Recollection of Throwing a No-Hitter on LSD (813 diggs) Dock Ellis pitched for a half dozen teams including winning 19 games for the World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates in 1971. Ellis also started for the National League in the All Star game that season, but will always be remembered for one thing.

18-Yr Old Kid Who Will be the 2010 MLB #1 Pick [Video] (333 diggs) If you don't know who Bryce Harper is, you should start getting to know him. He's been touted for a couple years now as the 'Lebron James of Baseball'. He will surely be the #1 pick in the 2010 MLB Draft.

Ben Affleck to Star in Film About Yankees Sex Scandal (213 diggs) Teammates Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich stunned the country when they disclosed in spring training 1973 that they were trading wives. Peterson had fallen in love with Susanne Kekich and his teammate fell in love with Marilyn Peterson. Fritz and Susanne remain a couple till this day, while Mike and Marilyn drifted apart.

New Camera System Takes Guesswork out of Baseball Stats (283 diggs) This off-season, the broadcast-tech company Sportvision will install a new player-tracking camera system into ballparks that could finally help produce accurate defensive statistics. Sportvision’s FieldFX camera system records the action while object-recognition software identifies each fielder and runner, as well as the ball.

The Chicago Cubs Scalp Some of Their Own Tickets (231 diggs) On Monday morning at 10 AM CT, the Chicago Cubs began giving their loyal fans a chance to start buying tickets to regular season games early, but there is a catch...

Game-fixing, hookers abound in Taiwanese baseball scandal (256 diggs) Taiwan baseball took another hit this week as prosecutors charged 24 people Wednesday in connection with the pro-league's worst game-fixing scandal yet. The scandal involves allegations that gambling rings and crooked politicians used offers of cash, cars and prostitutes - and if all that failed, threats - to get pro baseball players to throw games

Chicago White Sox retires Frank Thomas' No. 35 (511 diggs) "I'm very, very proud and honored," Thomas said of having his number retired. "If it was up to me, I would have played every year of my career here in Chicago. But I understand pro sports, and as guys get older, guys move around. But this is where I've always wanted to be, and to have my number retired here, it's a huge honor."