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They call them "competitive balance" picks. But the way they're going to work in this year's MLB draft is waaaaaay off base.

TAMPA, Fla. -- Imagine the player who won his appeal of a positive drug test last week was named John Doe, or Ray Kinsella, or Crash Davis. Because there's something that we've learned about this generation of players that really doesn&#039...

Blog | March 01, 2012

Buster Olney writes that when Ryan Braun won the appeal of his positive test for performance-enhancing drugs, it highlighted a much different opinion among players than it would have 10 or 20 years ago. Today, players want cheaters caught.

Blog | Conversation | March 01, 2012

For some in Major League Baseball circles, there was steroid fatigue the day after Mark McGwire's admission. "I'm so sick of this stuff," one executive said Tuesday. "It just never seems to end." There was relief on behalf of the slugger...

Blog | January 13, 2010

Buster Olney speaks with several people from around baseball to try to get a handle on how Mark McGwire's recent confession is being received throughout the sport. Plus, answers to readers' questions on McGwire, and news and notes from around the league.

Blog | Conversation | January 13, 2010

With a number of matters that remain either undecided or unclear, here are nine innings of questions about the World Baseball Classic.

Sources say pulling together a World Cup-style tournament by next March might not be possible.

Story | Conversation | June 29, 2004

Seibu Lions shortstop Kazuo Matsui, a seven-time All-Star in Japan, said Monday at a news conference that he's decided to pursue a big league career in North America.

China's baseball association accused the Seattle Mariners on Thursday of acting unethically in signing a 16-year-old Chinese pitcher and said the team was duped by a sports agent.