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Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa Announces Retirement
Tony La Russa retired from the St. Louis Cardinals after winning the World Series, and in 33 seasons with three teams, he won six pennants and three championships. Just as impressive, his career 2738-2365 record. That’s 5097 games, or 15,291 different situational relievers. Quite the career.
La Russa retired with the third-most wins as a manager, behind Connie Mack (3731 wins) and John McGraw (2763). [...]
Cincinnati Reds Force Me to Play “What if?” All Winter
Now that the playoffs and World Series are over, it is time for baseball fans to either choose the NFL or the NBA, or dwell on the “what if?” scenarios.
Since professional football players have now become entrenched in a kill-or-be-killed mentality I must confess to all sports fans that I have not watched an entire quarter of football yet this fall.[...]
Surprises and disappointments for 2010 (at the halfway mark)
AL TEAM SURPRISE: Frankly, at this point there are not too many surprises in the AL. The top of the lot would probably have to be the Texas Rangers, who thanks in part to a very weak NL schedule, have managed to maintain a solid grip on first place out there. A team 3.90 ERA is almost unheard of for the Rangers, but mark [...]
For Dusty Baker’s Ears Only
Dear Dusty, Just the other day Chris Welsh and Thom Brenneman (I think, maybe it was Grande or perhaps even the “Cowboy”, they are all running together in my mind now—just like the Phillies base runners) were remarking that the Reds had more than enough starting pitchers. There must have been a mass exodus because [...]
Homer Bailey: You Deserved Better Than This
Homer Bailey did not deserve what he was served by Dave Weathers last night.
Bailey was pitching one of the best games you could imagine. Through seven innings, he had limited the St. Louis Cardinals to just two hits and was ahead 3-0.
