Topic: Mark McGwire

Disgraced former Major League Baseball home-run king Mark McGwire was hired by the St. Louis Cardinals as an assistant coach on Monday.The hiring reunites McGwire with Cardinals manager Tony La Russa who decided to replace Hal McRae with the new hitting coach.The ...

McGwire back with Cardinals as hitting coach

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Tony La Russa sprang a surprise on Monday by naming controversial slugger Mark McGwire as his hitting coach after agreeing to return for a 15th year as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals.McGwire, who belted a single season ...
Mark McGwire joins the St. Louis Cardinals as Tony La Russa's hitting coachMark McGwire is back in baseball, reunited with Tony La Russa as the St. Louis Cardinals' hitting coach. "McGwire was not at the news conference at Busch Stadium, but La ...
Former Cubs star Sammy Sosa tested positive for performance-enhancing drug in 2003Sammy Sosa became the latest in a string of baseball stars implicated in the sport's steroids scandal of the past decade when The New York Times reported that he tested positive ...
Rickey Henderson, Major League Baseball's all-time stolen base leader, and Jim Rice, breaking through in his final year of eligibility, were elected on Monday to the US National Baseball Hall of Fame.The first left-fielders elected to the Hall of Fame in 20 ...
Game 7 of ALCS sets record for most viewers of a baseball game on cableGame 7 of the AL championship series drew the most viewers ever for a baseball game on cable television.Nearly 13.4 million people watched the Tampa Bay Rays beat ...

The Great 1989 A's

They were one of the greatest, most dominant World Champions since World War II, yet they are almost never mentioned when outstanding teams are discussed. The 1989 Oakland A's won the Western Division by 7 games over Kansas City, defeated Toronto in ...

Baseball Today

Baseball TodayL.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs (8:05 p.m. EDT). David Wells faces off against Ted Lilly in a matchup of teams in the NL playoff hunt.STARSTuesday_Travis Hafner, Indians, hit two home runs and the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 11th inning, leading ...

A Home Theater Humdinger

Baseball slugger Mark McGwire's home theater has a backbone of performance, reliability, and ease of use. Few Americans can forget the images of September 8, 1998, when St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire slammed the magic number 62 homer that made ...