Topic: World Series
(Reuters) - A full postseason share for each member of the 2011 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals was worth over $323,000, up 1.7 percent from last year's payout, Major League Baseball (MLB) said on Monday.The runner-up Texas Rangers dispersed more than ...
ST LOUIS (Reuters) - The St Louis Cardinals' spirited charge to the World Series title only served to pad the Hall of Fame credentials of Tony La Russa, the club's stoic, lawyer-trained manager with a cerebral approach.With 2,728 regular season wins under ...
The Chicago Cubs officially introduced Theo Epstein as their new president of baseball operations on Tuesday, the luckless Cubs hoping he can help them end a title drought as he did the Boston Red Sox."Baseball is best of all when you win. ...
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Whether the St. Louis Cardinals or Texas Rangers win the World Series, Arthur Rhodes is in the unique position of knowing he will receive a championship ring.The crafty, 41-year-old relief pitcher was released by the Rangers in August ...
(Reuters) - The St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers bring similar strengths to their World Series clash starting Wednesday but the two Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises come from vastly different pedigrees.The representatives of the National and American leagues both send potent ...
The Texas Rangers routed the Detroit Tigers 15-5 to win the American League championship series and reach the World Series for the second straight year.Texas scored nine runs in the third inning and slugger Nelson Cruz set a post-season record with his ...
Manny Ramirez, the former World Series star who left baseball rather than serve a second doping ban, pleaded not guilty on Friday to a domestic battery charge.Ramirez's lawyer filed the written plea ahead of Friday's scheduled arraignment. Ramirez, who is free on ...
(Reuters) - The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 in 10 innings on Friday to reach the National League Championship Series (NLCS) by claiming their best-of-five divisional playoff series 3-2.The Brewers will play either NL East champions Philadelphia Phillies or the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two powerhouse top seeds in the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees, and a pair of wild card Cinderellas make for intriguing match-ups in the first round of Major League Baseball playoffs starting Friday.The thrilling regular season finish ...
MIAMI (Reuters) - Former Red Sox baseball star Manny Ramirez was ordered by a Florida judge on Tuesday to stay away from his wife after he was charged with striking her in a domestic dispute.Ramirez, 39, who is originally from the Dominican ...
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