Topic: Milwaukee

Phillies ink Rollins to rich three-year deal

Philadelphia Phillies slugger Jimmy Rollins has signed a three-year Major League Baseball contract worth $33 million, the club announced on Monday.The deal includes a vesting option for a fourth season at $11 million for the 2015 season that could, if not vested, ...

Cardinals' Garcia unafraid of the big stage

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Jaime Garcia insists his lack of big-game experience will not be a factor when the St. Louis Cardinals southpaw takes the hill Thursday against the Texas Rangers in Game Two of the World Series.The third-year pitcher, in only ...

Cardinals, Diamondbacks stay alive at MLB series

David Freese drove in four runs with a homer and a double as St Louis beat Philadelphia 5-3 to stay alive in the first round of the Major League Baseball playoffs.With the victory the upstart Cardinals knotted their best-of-five National League series ...

April 25

April 25 is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. On April 25 there are 250 days remaining in the calendar year. The crisis began November 4 , 1979 when the U.S. embassy in Tehran ...
Brooklyn wailed when the Dodgers left for Los Angeles in 1958. Consider the position of Walter O'Malley in 1957. After purchasing a property (the Dodgers) in receivership,historically mismanaged and with more failures than successes behind it,after having built that team through his ...

National League Standings

All Times EDT East Division WLPctGB Philadelphia 93 63 .596_ Atlanta 87 69 .558 6 Florida 77 78 .49715 1/2 New York76 79 .49016 1/2 Washington67 89 .42926 Central Division WLPctGB Cincinnati87 69 .558_ St. Louis 80 75 .516 6 1/2 Houston ...

Diamondback are whiff kings

Diamondbacks batters hit 1,400 strikeouts, break major league record set by Milwaukee in 2001The Arizona Diamondbacks have set a dubious record: most strikeouts by batters in a season.Arizona reached 1,400 strikeouts in the sixth inning of Tuesday's game against Colorado when Adam ...

History of Atlanta Braves

The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball team. The team is one of the oldest organizations in all of professional baseball. They played in the league called Major League Baseball. The Braves began play in 1871. The organization was not always known ...
Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez quiet amid speculation that his days in LA are numberedLos Angeles Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez says he's heard nothing amid speculation that he'll be put on the waiver wire at the end of the week.Clubs looking to add ...

Stairs sets record for pinch hit home runs

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (Reuters) - San Diego Padres outfielder Matt Stairs hit his 21st career pinch hit home run on Saturday to set a Major League record.Stairs, who was pinch-hitting for pitcher Ernesto Frieri in the eighth inning, smashed a pitch off Kameron ...
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