by Bill Pollock | Jul 14, 2011 | Sports Features
The St. Louis Cardinals and left handed pitcher Jaime Garcia finalized a four-year contract extension on Wednesday, with a pair of club options that could run the agreement through the 2017 season. Multiple reports say the total guaranteed value of the contract is at...
by Bill Pollock | Jul 13, 2011 | Sports Features
Despite the American League being without the services of pitchers Justin Verlander or Felix Hernandez, Rangers manager Ron Washington elected to not use Royals rookie setup guy Aaron Crow. Instead nine other pitchers were used including Oakland starter Gio Gonzalez...
by Bill Pollock | Jul 12, 2011 | Sports Features
Despite the fact that Lance Berkman leads the National League in home runs, he was sitting in front of the dugout watching teammates Yadier Molina pitch to Matt Holliday in a disappointing showing in Monday night’s Home Run Derby which quite frankly I found...
by Bill Pollock | Jul 8, 2011 | Sports Features
Arizona’s Justin Upton came back after a 50 minute rain delay in the sixth inning and hit a two run homer off starter Kyle McClellan who came back out to pitch. That gave the Diamondbacks a 3-0 lead and eventual 4-1 win Thursday night at Busch Stadium. McClellan...
by Bill Pollock | Jul 7, 2011 | Sports Features
Jon Jay’s homer in the bottom of the ninth inning brought the Cardinals all the way back from an 8-0 deficit to tie the game at 8-8, but in the 13th inning, a ground rule double by Ramon Hernandez put the Reds on top for a 9-8 win. Jon Jay comments on his 9th...
