The Houston Astros released Rick Ankiel on Thursday evening, likely signaling the end of the 33-year-oldās major league career. If so, it was an ugl...
CHICAGO -- There were the four double plays, one in every inning from the fifth to the eighth. Mix in a wild pitch, an error and a shaky outing from a...
Everyone thinks of Yogi Berra as the quintessential baseball quote. He made you think, laugh and occasionally want to launch your head into a brick wall. But Casey Stengel, manager of 3,766 games in the Big Leagues never wasted any time getting to the point
A fan base that is told to expect a World Series victory every year, and to see anything else as a failure is going to end up an angry disgruntled group, largely because they have been sold a bill of goods by the team's management.
Musial, who died this week, was our Galahad, our Achilles, our Hector -- a modest, decent man who did more than anyone to raise St. Louis to its reputation as a good sports town where the fans even clap for the opposing team's players.
Our faculty spend endless hours searching for ways to teach today's college students about honor and integrity, about the importance of embracing an honor system that abhors lying, cheating and stealing. Armstrong is the latest poster boy for dishonorable behavior.
The real reason my father became a Cardinals fan is simply because of Stan Musial. Musial, who died over the weekend at the age of 92, had not uncoiled his famous swing in a meaningful baseball game in just short of half a century. During that time a legend grew around Stan Musial.
With Stan Musial passing away over the weekend, Jesse did a nice workup of his career numbers, noting that Musial stands as one of the best hitters to...
Stan Musial retired after the 1963 season, greatly appreciated in the heartland, but never receiving anywhere near the same national attention as his peers, Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio.
Super Bowl 47 is set for Sunday February 3rd in New Orleans: San Francisco is an early five point favorite over Baltimore. Hockey season is underway and A library in Australia is moving all Lance Armstrong books to the fiction section.
The World Series is truly an exciting time for baseball fans nationwide. While the playoffs will inevitably produce a few sore losers along the way, a...
If you're a baseball fan and have a similar dream, the folks at MLB have taken the concept and multiplied it a thousand times over with their MLB Fan Cave, a place in time and space that welcomes baseball fans.
SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco's players, soaked to the core in a driving rain, began running around the field slapping high-fives with fans. Sergio R...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Rookie shortstop Pete Kozma moved to his right, only to watch the line drive off Hunter Pence's broken bat inexplicably change direct...
ST. LOUIS -- Offense has a lot to do with San Francisco's streak of 13 consecutive victories when Barry Zito is on the mound, given they're averaging ...