Jon Sumple

Stat sheet: Born with a baseball in hand ... threw ball to dad in delivery room ... left-handed. Played ball until elbow blowout in college ... no clue what to do next ... became a sports writer. Season-ticket holder with Florida Marlins from inaugural season until move to Seattle in 2009 ... learning to love the Mariners.

New York Yankees

Jon SumpleJanuary 11, 2014

A-Rod suspended 162 games

Arbitrator Fredric Horowitz has spoken: New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has been suspended for the entire 2014 regular season and postseason,…
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New York Yankees

Jon SumpleJanuary 11, 2014

A-Rod’s offficial statement

“The number of games sadly comes as no surprise, as the deck has been stacked against me from day one.…
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New York Yankees

Jon SumpleDecember 6, 2013

It’s real: Robinson Cano to Mariners

The Seattle Mariners made a major statement Friday in an effort to rebuild the value of their franchise with the…
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Recent Posts

Jon SumpleAugust 17, 2013

The Single: Unhittable wiffle ball pitches

More wiffle ball madness! Even the best MLB batters would have trouble connecting with these unhittable wiffle ball pitches.…
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American League

Jon SumpleAugust 5, 2013

MLB suspends A-Rod 211 games; dozen others accept 50-game bans

In one of the most anticlimactic suspension stories in the history of organized sports, Major League Baseball announced today…
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American League

Jon SumpleJune 4, 2013

MLB expects to suspend A-Rod, Braun and others

In what could become the biggest PED story in the history of PED stories, Major League Baseball is seeking to…
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