Clips to Click

This week, I've posted only my favorite Media of the Week. As I prepare for Baseball Beat each day, I read a substantial amount of articles around the country. I select my favorite pieces and provide a link in the blog. This week had some great pieces including a book worm Yankee (by Tyler Kepner), 40-year old pitchers (by Carroll Rogers), and some great debates about whether the Commissioner should attend when Barry Bonds passes Hank Aaron's all-time home run record. As usual there is also this week's baseball book and blog of the week.

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MEDIA of the WEEK

Clips to Click:

• Angels must beg, borrow or steal by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
• Clemens challenges Garner's recent claims by Jose de Jesus Ortiz, Houston Cronicle
• How do Twins lose? Let us count ways by Jim Souhan, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
• Gillick registers his disappointment by Jim Salisbury, Philadelphia Inquirer
• Schilling acts, retracts by Johnette Howard, Newsday
• Ban beer in clubhouse? Then don't sell it to fans, either by Paul Hagen, Philadelphia Daily News
• Nationals' Transition Extends Off Field by Barry Svrluga, Washington Post
• It's official: Season is over for Blue Jays by Richard Griffin, Toronto Star
• Dave Stewart still bringing heat by Dan Brown, San Jose Mercury News
• Ortiz tries to right a wrong by Jackie MacMullan, Boston Globe
• Studying the Majors, With 200 Books to Go by Tyler Kepner, New York Times
• Baseball is ripe for a 12-step program by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
• Hope you enjoyed season by Joe Posnanski, Kansas City Star
• Decision for Schilling? No. Lots going on? Yes by Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe
• Pitchers still firing away at 4o by Carroll Rogers, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• What Kind of History Is Bonds Making? by Murray Chass, New York Times
• It's getting old: Bats still cold by Dave Van Dyck, Chicago Tribune
• 1st-class star for Second City? by Phil Rogers, Chicago Tribune
• Lastings' latest bad rap by Ian Begley, New York Daily News

Clips to Click - Performance Enhancing Drugs:

• Players Turn Off Mitchell Records by T.J. Quinn and Teri Thompson, New York Daily News
• Baseball's hallowed ground no shelter from steroid talk by Peter Schmuck, Baltimore Sun
• Mum Is the Word in Steroid Inquiry by Murray Chass, New York Times

Clips to Click - Commissioner Bud Selig/Barry Bonds Debate:

• The Commissioner of Baseball Is on Deck by Bill Pennington, New York Times
• Selig must witness Bonds' milestone by John Eisenberg, Baltimore Sun
• Message to Selig on Bonds' 756th: Don't go there by Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times
• Bud must be there when Barry hits 756 by Richard Justice, Houston Chronicle
• The Selig style all over response to looming Bonds' record by Ray Ratto, San Francisco Chronicle
• Astros slugger believes Selig should be present for Bonds' event by Jose de Jesus Ortiz, Houston Chronicle

Blog of the Week:

• On The Road With Pat Neshek

Baseball Book of the Week:

• Big Papi: My Story of Big Dreams and Big Hits by David Ortiz and Tony Massarotti