Pujols Still Hurting
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Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols is still having problems with a heel injury that hindered him much of last season.
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St. Louis manager Tony La Russa and the Cardinals' medical staff will keep a closer eye this season on Albert Pujols' balky right elbow.
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Barry Bonds spent a third day stuck at 714 and watched Albert Pujols hit his 23rd homer of the season.
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A professional athlete sidelined by an injury might as well be a dead man. Harsh, but true. If you are too hurt to play, you might as well stay home. Some teammates don't even want to look at you. Reminds them of their own vulnerability. In a big league locker room, no one wants to talk about ...
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Thatâs what Pudge Rodriguez was in his first year as a Tiger. With a .334 average, he led the team in hitting. But it was for his defense that Rodriguez won his 11th Gold Glove
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With one swing of Albert Pujols' bat, a St. Louis Cardinals lineup that looked so sickly in September suddenly got a lot better under the California sun. San Diego Padres ace Jake Peavy tempted Pujols with one pitch too many and the slugger, who has a shot at a second straight NL MVP award, responded with a two-run homer that launched the Cardinals to a 5-1 victory in the opening game of the division series on Tuesday.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks are running into major difficulty in the most unlikely of places: Pittsburgh. The Pirates beat Arizona again, tightening the NL West race.
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Manny Ram&#xED;rez missed his 20th straight game with a strained left oblique, with rookie Brandon Moss playing left field last night against the Blue Jays. The Sox were without three regulars: Kevin Youkilis (wrist), Coco Crisp (back), and Ram&#xED;rez.
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A first-inning mistake to Albert Pujols usually isn't enough to decide a game. On Tuesday night, it was all the offense Jeff Suppan needed.
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This is it. There will be no more second chances. No more Curt Schillings and Keith Foulkes to sign in the off-season. While it really hasnât been discussed, the organization is expected to take another
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HE last time a Yankees pitcher punched a wall, he wound up with a cast on his pitching hand. When Kevin Brown showed up at Yankee Stadium yesterday, he had a splint on his nonpitching hand after surgery.
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Los Angeles Dodgers starter Odalis Perez learned just how quickly things can unravel against the potent St. Louis Cardinals. After allowing Albert Pujols&#39;s first-inning
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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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Bobby Abreu is starting to feel better at the plate. Albert Pujols has been feeling pretty good all season.
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LOS ANGELES - Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals sure looked like the best team in baseball...
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Even with Jake Peavy on the mound, the San Diego Padres were unable to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks to take the lead in the NL West. The Philadelphia Phillies were in perfect position to pick up a game on the New York Mets in the NL East, before a shocking comeback by the Atlanta Braves handed them a most deflating loss.
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It would have been easy to take the bait. Acknowledge that, yes, September is a traditionally difficult month offensively for catchers. That the season has been wearing him down. That the injuries he rarely admits to have caught up with him, making his bat slow and his stroke impotent. Instead, Jason Varitek claimed health, blamed his eyes, and thanked, once ...