Brandon Webb earns NL Cy Young Award
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
Brandon Webb of the Arizona Diamondbacks won a wide-open race for the NL Cy Young Award, beating out San Diego closer Trevor Hoffman on Tuesday. One of six pitchers who tied for the league lead with a pedestrian total of 16 wins, Webb received 15 of 32 first-place votes and 103 points in balloting by [...]
Cardinals appease ghosts of World Series past
Sunday, October 29th, 2006
The St. Louis circle is unbroken. This was the classic Fall Classic get-even for what happened in 2004. The 2006 St. Louis Cardinals, overlooked, underestimated, beat up and put down, are the World Series champions. Maybe everything does even out over time. Maybe it only takes two years for everything to even out. The Cardinals [...]
Cardinals beat Tigers for first World Series title since 1982
Saturday, October 28th, 2006
Jeff Weaver scattered four hits over eight innings and David Eckstein drove in two runs as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2 to win their first World Series title in 24 years. Scott Rolen drove in a run and Yadier Molina had three hits and scored twice at Busch Stadium in St. [...]
Cardinals aim for 2-1 World Series lead vs Tigers
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
The St. Louis Cardinals got the job done in Detroit. They wrestled home field advantage back from the Tigers and in the process greatly improved their World Series odds. Tony La Russa’s charges are still underdogs so far as winning the title is concerned but they’re the odds-on favorite to take a two-games-to-one series lead [...]
MLB Playoffs full of surprises: Anything can — and does — happen come October
Monday, October 23rd, 2006
In 1927, the Yankees won 110 games in the 154-game regular season and then swept the Pirates in four at the World Series. Babe Ruth said after leading the way: “We won the World Series before it even got started.”This is not 1927. It’s not any year since then, either. The 2006 Major League Baseball [...]
« Previous Entries Next Entries »
Loading ...