Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton was already off to a torrid start in 2012 before Tuesday night. Then he went out and clubbed 4 home runs to become only the 16th player in baseball history to accomplish the feat. It was quite a night for the former No. 1 overall pick, and one even the [...]
Manny Ramirez, a 12-time All-Star whose 555 home runs rank 14th in Major League Baseball history, agreed to a minor-league contract with the Oakland Athletics. The suspended slugger agreed on a minor-league contract Monday with the Athletics that is worth about $500,000 if he is added to the major-league roster. A’s officials announced the deal [...]
Gary Carter, the slugging catcher known as Kid for the sheer joy he took in playing baseball, who entered the Hall of Fame as a Montreal Expo but who most famously helped propel the Mets to their dramatic 1986 World Series championship, died Thursday in West Palm Beach, Fla. Gary Carter was 57. Gary Carter had been [...]
Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter has taken a turn for the worse in his fight against cancer. Doctors at Duke University on Thursday told Carter’s family the former Montreal Expos star has “several new spots/tumours on his brain,”. The family met with doctors at Duke University yesterday to discuss the results and the [...]
Major League Baseball hasn’t finished taking bows for expanding its testing program for performance enhancing drugs to include human growth hormone, yet soon may be in court to prove that its steroid testing is accurate. There will be no way for MLB to win, however, as if its findings are affirmed through an upcoming challenge [...]
In one of the greatest thrillers in baseball history, the St. Louis Cardinals twice rallied against the Texas Rangers Thursday night when they were down to their last strike of the season to send the World Series to a pivotal Game 7 for the first time since 2002. David Freese homered to lead off [...]
Before Game 6 of the 2011 World Series between the Texas Rangers and the St Louis Cardinals. The St Louis Cardinals faced a do-or-die World Series game against the Texas Rangers on Thursday but the National League champions are accustomed to the pressure. “That’s one plus we have going for us, we’ve played this [...]
St Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa defended his star first baseman, Albert Pujols, a day after he wasn’t available to talk to the media following the team’s one-run loss to the Texas Rangers in Game Two of the World Series. Move over, Babe and Reggie. You have company. Albert Pujols bashed three home [...]
Left behind in the postseason race, the St. Louis Cardinals decided that they’d focus on small goals in September. Now, the ultimate one is within reach. The Cardinals’ wild ride is headed to the World Series. An afterthought in early September, the St. Louis Cardinals are taking their wild ride all the way to the [...]
In an American League Championship Series filled with tense moments and close games, the clincher in Game 6 was the complete opposite. The Texas Rangers erupted for 9 runs in the third inning and blew out the Detroit Tigers 15-5 to advance to the World Series for the 2nd consecutive season. Nelson Cruz and [...]