One of Pete Rose’s old lackeys -- Tommy Gioiosa-- told the world many years ago that Rose corked his bats. Based on everything we knew about the guy at the time: that he was a risk-taker, a ...

So, corked bat behind him, Sammy Sosa is back on the field. Chances are, the way you feel about that statement has something to do with how old you are -- and maybe whether or not you're a minority.

Somewhere on the baseball diamond in the sky Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose have been given another turn at bat, courtesy of the commissioner of Major League Baseball, Rob Manfred — and President ...