Astros Sorry for Showing Tavarez Replay
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The Houston Astros apologized to the Cardinals on Monday, saying they erred a day earlier by showing a replay of St. Louis reliever Julian Tavarez's tantrum on the stadium scoreboard.
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The margin of error is so tiny that Josh Beckett was actually chiding himself for throwing a fastball high and away to Eric Chavez in the fourth inning that resulted in the A's first run.
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Chicago Cubs reliever Kent Mercker and Houston Astros righthander Dan Wheeler were each suspended for three games yesterday after a testy series last weekend at Wrigley Field. Astros manager Phil Garner was suspended for one game. All three were fined undisclosed amounts by Bob Watson , vice president of on-field operations for Major League Baseball. In his Houston debut, Wheeler ...
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HOUSTON - The ball sailed inches over the head of Jeff Bagwell for ball four. The Astros first baseman said something to Cardinals pitcher Julian Tavarez , who yelled something back.
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New York Yankees player Jason Giambi,  a poster boy for baseball's controversy over steroid use, said  on Thursday he was very sorry. And sorry that he could not say  what he was sorry about.
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Confusion at a critical moment over a malfunction to the phone system in the Astros&#39; bullpen caused the Braves to play Game 2 of the Division Series under protest.
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My apologies to those of you who worship at the altar of the New York Yankees, but I laughed myself silly when the Boston Red Sox defeated your favorites 10-3 last Wednesday
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Just like last October, Jose Contreras and Scott Podsednik led the Chicago White Sox past Houston. Still, Ozzie Guillen was angry at reporters again.
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St. Louis Cardinals reliever Julian Tavarez was suspended 10 days for applying a foreign substance to baseballs while pitching last week. Tavarez, who has appealed the decision, was ejected during the opener of Friday's doubleheader against the Pirates after umpire crew chief Joe West inspected the pitcher's grimy hat. West said Tavarez and Cardinals manager Tony La Russa &quot;as much ...
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After a pennant race and postseason dotted with reversed rulings, baseball will get another chance to see who else wants to give replay a look. The topic is on the agenda for Thursday at the GM meetings. And there seems to be growing support among teams to join the NFL, NBA and NHL in using instant replay on calls such as fair or foul and homer or not, but definitely not balls and strikes.
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Jeff Gordon apologized to Matt Kenseth &amp;#151; sort of.
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Even before the Astros lost the first two games of the National League Championship Series in St. Louis, they downplayed the notion that their best
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On the day after, manager Terry Francona was unwavering in his support of reliever Eric Gagn&#xE9; . Even before Gagn&#xE9; blew a save in Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Blue Jays, Francona said he told the reliever, "We'll do it again, in case you were wondering."
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Mark Teixeira needed only a single to hit for the cycle, and his Texas Rangers teammates wanted to see him make some baseball history.   "They were kidding me, telling me to trip over first base if I hit one into the gap," Teixeira said...
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Jason Giambi apologized to the New York Yankees. He apologized to his teammates. He apologized to fans. He never said why he was apologizing. And not only did he never say whether he used steroids, he never even mentioned the word.
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ne bad breaking ball did in the Yankees yesterday. Usually, one mistake does not cost them so dearly, but the Yankees are not usually scrounging for hits either.
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OK, so maybe Alan Trammell did manage this game like it was the seventh game of the World Series. You know what, he&#39;s not going to apologize for it.