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Blue Jays broadcaster Jack Morris, who last week in Toronto said that Clay Buchholz was throwing a spitball after watching video of Buchholz's performance, said Friday that he sought out the Red Sox pitcher to apologize for the controversy.

BOSTON -- Blue Jays broadcaster Jack Morris, who last week in Toronto said that Clay Buchholz was throwing a spitball after watching video of Buchholz's performance, said that he sought out the Red Sox pitcher and spoke to him before Friday night's g...

BOSTON -- Red Sox manager John Farrell was asked what the likelihood was, if any, that the Twins would call attention to the allegations made last week by Blue Jays broadcasters Jack Morris and Dirk Hayhurst that Clay Buchholz was throwing a spitter....

Eno Sarris uses PitchFX to examine the accusations that Boston Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz is throwing spitballs.

Story | Conversation | May 06, 2013

ESPN MLB analyst Orel Hershiser talked with Colin Cowherd today and the first topic they talked about was Clay Buchholz and the accusations by Blue Jays broadcasters Jack Morris and Dick Hayhurst that Buchholz was cheating during his start Wednesday ...

I love a good cheating accusation. I mean -- peanuts, hot dogs, hating the Yankees, pitching inside and cheating: Aren't they all a fundamental part of the game we love? Blue Jays broadcaster Jack Morris thinks Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchhol...

TORONTO -- Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster knew exactly what to do Thursday night after undefeated teammate Clay Buchholz was accused by pitcher-turned-Blue Jays broadcaster Jack Morris of throwing a spitball the night before. "Actually, I came up a...

TORONTO -- Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster was drafted in 1995, a year after Jack Morris retired, but this was the first time the native son of Canada (Gibsons, British Columbia) had pitched a big-league game here. Home-field advantage? Given that t...

Jack Morris, a former World Series hero and a Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster, said Thursday that he watched video after Wednesday night's game between the Jays and Red Sox and came away convinced that Boston pitcher Clay Buchholz is throwing a spitball.

Our writer starts his own march on Washington (and every other baseball city) in protest of the over-reliance on WAR (also known as Wins Above Replacement).

Wait, another Hall of Fame column? Hey, there's never a bad time to talk about the Hall of Fame. I was talking to Jim Caple today, and at some point the discussion diverged to Jack Morris and his chances to get in next year ("Unlikely," Jim says) ...

On the theory that when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade, baseball fans and Cooperstown merchants need to get behind the Deacon White, who will be the only player entering the Hall this year.

Jack Morris is an example of why the Hall of Fame voting rules need to change, writes Buster Olney.

Blog | Conversation | January 10, 2013

Is this a sad day for baseball? Maybe not. There will be another election next year and one the year after that. I presume onward into the future players will get elected. But this year? The Baseball Writers' Association of America struck out. Nob...

For the first time since 1996, no players were elected to the Hall of Fame by baseball writers.

In 1978, four rookies helped the Tigers win 86 games, ending a stretch of four consecutive losing seasons. That group -- Jack Morris, Alan Trammell, Lou Whitaker and Lance Parrish -- would be the core of a team that would finish over .500 for the nex...