May 22, 2012

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All-Star roster announced for legends and celebrity softball game

May 22, 2012 By

The 2012 Legends & Celebrity Softball Game will feature a roster of Hall of Fame and All-Star talent including former Royals greats George Brett, Bo Jackson and Mike Sweeney at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.  For the first time, the softball game will increase to six-innings. This year the game is scheduled to include: 14-time All-Star and Hall of Famer Ernie Banks; 13-time All-Star, World Series Champion and Hall of Famer George Brett; five-time All-Star and two-time World Series Champion Joe Carter; eight-time All-Star and Hall of Famer Andre Dawson; seven-time All-Star, World Series Champion and Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers; 10-time All-Star, two-time World Series Champion and Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson; All-Star outfielder Bo Jackson; 12-time All-Star Mike Piazza; 15-time All-Star, World Series Champion and Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith; five-time All-Star and MLB Network analyst Mike Sweeney; 12-time All-Star, World Series Champion and Hall of Famer Dave Winfield.

The game features Major League Baseball legends with celebrities from TV, movies and music, and is the second game of a fun doubleheader of activity at Kauffman Stadium on All-Star Sunday. Preceding the softball game will be theAll-Star Futures Game, featuring some of MLB’s best young prospects from the U.S. and around the world.

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Cardinals have new plan for Ballpark Village

May 22, 2012 By

Plans for the Cardinals Ballpark Village

The Cardinals newest plans for Ballpark Village are scaled back to a 100,000 square foot retail and entertainment complex that would be built north of the left field bleachers of Busch Stadium.

The plan was released on Monday and while it isn’t as big as previous proposals, the club thinks this will likely succeed. The new Village plans call for a team hall of fame and a themed restaurant, space for huge outdoor events, restaurants, bars and other entertainment.

Cardinals president Bill DeWitt III isn’t publicly naming tenants but says 80% of the space is already spoken for. The Cardinals and co-developer Cordish Co. plan to foot most of the $100 million bill. If the plan is approved by state and city officials, the project could begin as early as this fall.

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Chiefs hold their first full-team OTA (AUDIO)

May 22, 2012 By

Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe was the only player of the current 88 members on the roster who was not in attendance for the team’s voluntary OTA’s that started on Monday. The first on field practice lasted 90 minutes and featured several drills of offense vs. defense as the players wore shirts and shorts.

Second year player Jonathan Baldwin filled in for Bowe as the offense gets acclimated to new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll. Quarterback Matt Cassel told KCChiefs.com, “There are some similarities, but it’s definitely a different offense, so for us, we just have to continue to work hard. It is going to be a process, but at the same time, I think as long as we keep getting better each and every day, we’ll become a good offense.”

Three players who showed up but were held out of drills were Eric Berry, Jamaal Charles and Tony Moeaki. They are coming off season ending knee surgeries and were held back by head coach Romeo Crennel for precautionary reasons.

The only rookie in camp that isn’t signed is first round selection Dontari Poe, but he’s not concerned with contracts. He’s trying to work on technique and soaking up as much of the defense as he can.

AUDIO Poe on OTA’s (1:39)

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Berkman discusses his knee injury (AUDIO)

May 22, 2012 By

Cardinals first baseman Lance Berkman revealed an MRI exam shows he suffered meniscu tear on the inner and outer parts of his right knee as well as some cartilage damage. What’s to be determined is whether or not his ACL is injured. If that is the case, his season is over and quite possibly his career.

Berkman will get a second look later this week in Vail, CO. and he said he expects doctors will find ACL damage. Meanwhile, Cardinals GM John Mozeliak is being optimistic that the knee only has meniscus damage.  If there is no ACL damage, then Berkman will have surgery and miss 6-8 weeks.

AUDIO Lance Berkman on his injury (:43)

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Greene’s late HR lifts Cardinals

May 22, 2012 By

St. Louis Cardinals Tyler Greene celebrates his two run home run in the dugout with teammates. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Tyler Greene’s two run homer in the bottom of the eighth rallied the Cardinals to a 4-3 win over the San Diego Padres and snapped a four game losing streak. A pitcher’s duel until the late innings, when the Cardinals had to battle from being down twice to pull this one out.

The Cardinals trailed 1-0 heading into the seventh after Jaime Garcia allowed just one run in seven-plus innings pitched. The Cards were able to go on top in the bottom of the inning chasing starter Clayton Richard by scoring two on a single by Rafael Furcal and ground out by Matt Carpenter.

San Diego grabbed a 3-2 lead in the eighth on a double by Jesus Guzman. With two outs in the bottom of the inning, Greene took reliever Andrew Cashner deep scoring Yadier Molina who singled earlier in the inning to put the Cards on top.

Jason Motte, who picked up a blown save, also got credit for the win.

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