At the 2009 World Baseball Classic, Sidney Ponson currently of the Kansas City Royals tested positive for Phentermine, a stimulant that is on the banned substance list. As a result, Ponson won’t be able to play in international baseball competition for 24 months.
Ponson, who pitched for the Netherlands in the 2009 WBC, says that he was prescribed Phentermine to lose weight. Major League Baseball won’t suspend him.
On the season, Ponson has pitched like he needs performance enhancer. The 32-year-old from Aruba is 1-5 with a 7.27 ERA. Last year, while splitting time between the Texas Rangers and the New York …read more

After Richie Sexson charged the mound, threw his helmet and instigated a brawl for no apparent reason, his punishment is a five-game suspension. He originally got six games but appealed and got one game taken off of the total. If you haven’t seen the video, check Richie Sexson brawl video.
Considering that Sexson throwing the helmet was dangerous and how unprovoked the entire incident was, the 6-foot-8 first basemen for the Seattle Mariners got off easy. Kason Gabbard, the pitcher for the Texas Rangers who got hit the flying helmet, luckily didn’t get injured in the incident.
After the …read more

Previously…

#91-100
#81-90

Welcome back to 1998. Dante Bichette led MLB with 219 hits, Jose Offerman led with 13 triples, and Mike Piazza signed a record-setting 7-year/$91 million deal with the Mets. Our latest re-examination of Baseball America’s top 100 prospects from that year shows yet again how few of the best minor leaguers convert their potential into great big-league careers.
There’s a reason for that, of course: baseball is a lot harder than it looks. So is predicting which guys will make it and which ones won’t. To the list:

Mike Lowell, 3B, New York Yankees. Selected in the 20th round of the 1995 …read more