Legal - Baseball Wiretap

Reyes Meets With FBI About Doctor

Sep 20, 2014 1:39 AM

Mets shortstop Jose Reyes says he met with federal investigators last week about a doctor accused of selling an unapproved drug known as Actovegin. Dr. Anthony Galea is facing four drug-related charges in Canada. Galea's assistant also has been charged in the U.S. for having HGH and another drug while crossing the border in September. "They just asked me basically how I met the guy and stuff like that and what he put in my body," Reyes said. "I explained to them what he [was] doing. ... I don't worry about anything because I didn't do anything wrong."

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Wife Of Bonds Files For Divorce

Oct 31, 2014 11:52 AM

Barry Bonds' wife of 12 years has filed for divorce, according to court records in Los Angeles. Liz Watson filed to end the couple's marriage on Thursday, citing irreconcilable differences.

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Driver Guilty Of Killing Fan Outside Citizens Bank

Oct 9, 2014 10:56 PM

A man has pleaded guilty to running over two Missouri baseball fans who had just attended a Phillies game, killing one of them. Prosecutors say South Philadelphia resident Joseph Genovese Jr. ran a red light while intoxicated and struck St. Louis schoolteachers Cindy Grassi and Sandra Wacker outside a Phillies-Cardinals game at Citizens Bank Park in July 2008. Grassi died, while Wacker was seriously injured.

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Rangers Prospects Cleared To Enter U.S.

Oct 25, 2014 8:04 PM

Rangers assistant general manager Thad Levine said Saturday that pitchers Omar Beltre and Alexi Ogando, from the Dominican Republic, have their visas and should arrive at spring training next week. "They have cleared every hurdle save actually getting on the plane and passing through customs in the U.S.," Levine said. "They are scheduled to fly to Phoenix on the 16th. We are eagerly awaiting their arrival in Surprise." The pitching prospects were involved in a human trafficking ring in the Dominican Republic and banned from entering the United States for five years.

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MLB Suing Upper Deck For Copyright Infringement

Oct 23, 2014 4:23 AM

Major League Baseball is suing baseball card company Upper Deck for allegedly stealing trademarks. Major League Baseball Properties Inc. filed a trademark lawsuit seeking damages against The Upper Deck Co. Inc. on Monday in federal court in Manhattan. The lawsuit said Upper Deck is continuing to sell cards featuring players even though the company is no longer licensed to do so. Major League Baseball Properties began this year to license only The Topps Co. Inc. in a bid to increase its revenues from the cards.

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Lawsuit Says Rangers, Hicks Didn't Pay $6.9M

Oct 31, 2014 9:24 PM

An architectural firm and construction company has accused the Rangers and owner Tom Hicks of failing to pay $6.9 million for more than three years' worth of work. In a lawsuit, RTKL Associates Inc. and Vratsinas Construction allege that they are owed the money for work on a proposed development near the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. "In the end, the effort of many, many people was such that $6.9 million was invested by the plaintiff group and they were not paid," John Nassen, an attorney for the plaintiffs said.

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