Feb 29, 2008 10:32 AM EST
Lawyers for Barry Bonds are set to make a request for the dismissal of the perjury charges against the home run king, according to ESPN.com.
They planned on making the request to a U.S. District Court Judge on Friday.
Bonds maintains that he hopes to play baseball this season.
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Donald Fehr, the leader of the MLB Players' union, would consider approving a blood test for human growth hormone if it was considered reliable, according to the Associated Press.
"If and when a blood test is available and it can be signed and validated by people other than those that are trying to sell it to you, then we'd have to take a hard look at it," Fehr said Thursday. "We'd have to see what it is and try to make a judgment as to whether it is fair and appropriate."
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According to Tim Wendel of ESPN, Fidel Castro's resignation could have ripple effects in the world of Major League Baseball.
Cuban players will begin to come over to the United States in large numbers once again and the country could even host a Triple-A or major league team.
As a scout once told Wendel, "If Cuba hadn't gone communist, the academies in the D.R., all of that, wouldn't have happened. We'd have just kept going to Cuba for players."
"Short-term, baseball continues as it is in Cuba," said Milton Jamail, a consultant for the Tampa Bay Rays and the author of "Full Count: Inside Cuban Baseball." "But when a new government, and system, comes into place, then the questions will start. Do they want to be like Mexico and essentially own all their players and then sell them to the major leagues? Is Cuba going to follow the examples of the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, where they help develop players but they don't really get that much in return?"
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General Feb 2008 Archive
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ESPN | Feb 27, 2008
The World Anti-Doping Agency has advised Major League Baseball to use an outside testing agency for performance-enhancing drugs.
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ESPN | Feb 27, 2008
Congress has reason to believe Roger Clemens possibly "committed perjury and made knowingly false statements" to a House committee.
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New York Daily News | Feb 26, 2008
Debbie Clemens and Jose Canseco's ex-wife Jessica allegedly compared the results of their surgical breast enhancements.
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San Francisco Chronicle | Feb 26, 2008
Mike Piazza remains a free agent, and he is likely to retire if he doesn't find a job by the end of Spring Training.
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ESPN | Feb 26, 2008
General counsel Michael Weiner said on Monday that the Union is considering George Mitchell's recommendation for more testing, according to the Associated Press.
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ESPN | Feb 25, 2008
Reports from ESPN.com claim that Congress may tell the Justice Department to launch a criminal investigation into whether or not Roger Clemens committed perjury during his testimony earlier this month
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The New York Daily News | Feb 22, 2008
New photographic evidence has emerged in the case against Roger Clemens, and the new information could loom large over the former Cy Young winner, according to The New York Daily News.
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Associated Press | Feb 21, 2008
Barry Bonds seized on a pair of typos, complaining in court papers Thursday that the government?s mistakes could compromise his chances for a fair trial, according to an Associated Press report.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Feb 20, 2008
Former home run king Hank Aaron thinks that Major League Baseball will survive numerous steroid scandals, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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ESPN | Feb 18, 2008
MLB commissioner Bud Selig is still reviewing the cases of players linked in the Mitchell Report, according to the Associated Press.
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ESPN News | Feb 14, 2008
U.S. Attorney spokesman Josh Eaton now says the reference in Thursday's government court filing was previously disclosed in the indictment of Barry Bonds and had already been reported.
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AP | Feb 12, 2008
Roger Clemens told Yankees' teammate Andy Pettitte nearly 10 years ago that he used human growth hormone, Pettitte said in a sworn affidavit to Congress, The Associated Press learned Tuesday.
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AP | Feb 12, 2008
Darryl Strawberry will pay the IRS more than $430,000 in back taxes, penalties, and interest, according to an Associated Press report.
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AP | Feb 12, 2008
John Rocker claims he flunked a drug test ordered by MLB in 2000 and that he, Alex Rodriguez, and other Rangers were advised by management and union doctors following a spring training lecture on how to effectively use steroids, according to an Associated Press report.
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Newsday | Feb 8, 2008
Brian McNamee told federal prosecutors and congressional lawyers during his deposition on Thursday that Roger Clemens' wife Debbie took human growth hormone (HGH), according to a source with knowledge of McNamee's testimony.
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AP | Feb 8, 2008
Former Mets' clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski was sentenced Friday to five years' probation, avoiding jail time after cooperating with baseball's investigation into performance-enhancing drugs.
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ESPN | Feb 7, 2008
David Cone has taken some responsibility for the steroid era in baseball, according to the Associated Press.
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ESPN | Feb 7, 2008
Brian McNamee gave federal prosecutors numerous pieces of evidence on Wednesday that his lawyers say back up his claim that he helped Roger Clemens injected performance-enhancing drugs, according to ESPN.
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ESPN | Feb 5, 2008
Roger Clemens spoke for five hours under oath on Tuesday in front of congressional lawyers, according to the Associated Press.
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AP | Feb 4, 2008
The Associated Press reports that Ed Vargo, a longtime NL umpire who worked in four World Series and was behind the plate when Hank Aaron tied Babe Ruth's career home run mark, has died.
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AP | Feb 3, 2008
Baseball union head Donald Fehr has heard rumors about the possibility U.
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ESPN | Feb 2, 2008
The woman killed when Jim Leyritz slammed his SUV into her car a few weeks ago had a blood-alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit, according to the Associated Press.
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ESPN | Feb 1, 2008
After meeting with Congress on Friday, former Yankees' infielder Chuck Knoblauch did not reveal the specifics of what he told members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, according to the Associated Press.
