Leyritz charged with DUI manslaughter in crash  —  Former Major League Baseball player Jim Leyritz was arrested Friday on charges of driving under the influence and killing another driver after his vehicle crashed into hers.  —  Leyritz, who turned 44 on Thursday, faces charges of DUI manslaughter …

Jon Heyman: Gossage has waited long enough for Hall  —  Enshrinement in Cooperstown shouldn't be about numbers.  If anyone thinks so, let's trash tradition and have a computer select the honorees.  —  The Hall of Fame should be about who starred and who dominated.  And about who made an impact.

Raines: ‘I played the game with excitement, focus’  —  Tim Raines scored more runs in his career than Tony Gwynn.  He owns a higher on-base percentage than Willie Mays.  He's one of only five players ever to steal 800 or more bases, and no one with 300 or more attempts owns a higher success rate than Raines' 84.7 percent.

McNamee's Legal Team Adds Power to Lineup  —  Richard D. Emery is a prominent New York lawyer who has made his mark in the area of civil liberties.  Two months ago, he prevailed in a case against New York City's Department of Correction, which agreed to settle a lawsuit that Emery had filed …

Pedro Martinez proud he's stayed clean  —  Unlike his contemporary Roger Clemens - who is in the midst of damage control after being identified as a steroid user in the Mitchell Report - Mets ace Pedro Martinez says he is most proud of having remained “clean” during baseball's steroid era.

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LaTroy Hawkins is cool with hitters juicing up  —  New Yankee LaTroy Hawkins appeared on Sirius Satellite Radio and had an interesting take on the steroids saga in MLB:  —  Host Jason Page: “You're stepping into this Yankee fray.  It's going to be kind of an awkward time.

Clubhouse culture led ex-Mariner to steroids and greenies … There is something different about this.  Most big-leaguers and recent baseball retirees have been scrambling to distance themselves from the Mitchell Report, or they've called on their agent or a neatly crafted statement to explain away their performance-enhancing drug use.

Managers burdened by big expectations in '08  —  For the better part of five years, Clint Hurdle was looking up at .500, surviving as manager of the Colorado Rockies because of an ownership commitment to patience and player development.  —  A year ahead of schedule, the Rockies won their first NL pennant ever in 2007.