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Sports Central July 6, 2009 Brad Oremland	Introduction to SC's All-Time MLB Draft Sports columnists collaborated to select their all-time MLB teams, with a twist.
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Sports Central June 4, 2007 Brad Oremland	Steroids: Beyond Barry Bonds Spurs win NBA Playoffs... More on Michael Vick... Feeling sorry for Gil Meche... Yadier Molina of the Cardinals fractures his wrist... Despite steroid use, Barry Bonds is still an exceptional athlete...
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Sports Central May 14, 2009 Bijan C. Bayne	Time For MLB to Man Up on Records Which sluggers from this period merit election to Cooperstown? The Manny Ramirez mess only serves to further muddy these waters.
Sports Central January 17, 2014 Brad Oremland	The Hall of Fame, the BBWAA, and the Steroid Era If you care at all about the Baseball Hall of Fame, the election results released last week made you somewhat happy.
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Sports Central April 10, 2006 Adam Russell	Bonds, Rose Deserve Similar Punishment A number of comparisons can be drawn between the current Bonds situation and Pete Rose's of the late 1980s. One of them is the argument regarding the game's "integrity."
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