kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... in on-base percentage (.443) and slugging percentage (.658) while carrying the Cardinals to the NL Central Division crown. Pujols is the 10th three-time recipient in history and the National League’s sixth unanimous selection.
Sify (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Albert Pujols matched Stan Musial and did him one better, too.Stan the Man never won any of his three MVP awards unanimously.Pujols received all 32 first-place votes in balloting announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Tuesday, taking the NL prize for the second straight year and third overall.Musial, also a St. Louis Cardinals star, won three times in the 1940s. Seven others have...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
... round. The Chicago Cubs remained second overall at $4.63 million despite finishing second in the NL Central and missing the playoffs. Boston moved from sixth to third at $4.58 million. Detroit, which missed the playoffs, went up from seventh to fourth at $4.43 million, followed by St. Louis, ($4.42 million), the Los Angeles Dodgers ($4.33 million), the Los Angeles Angels ($4.22 million),...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
... round.The Chicago Cubs remained second overall at $4.63 million despite finishing second in the NL Central and missing the playoffs.Boston moved from sixth to third at $4.58 million. Detroit, which missed the playoffs, went up from seventh to fourth at $4.43 million, followed by St. Louis, ($4.42 million), the Los Angeles Dodgers ($4.33 million), the Los Angeles Angels ($4.22 million), NL...
claudia9052f | 29/11/2009
... Grabow, who said he has a house in Arizona where the Cubs conduct spring training. Staying in the NL Central and being with a veteran club were also appealing for Grabow. "It was kind of a no-brainer," he said. He pitched 30 games and had a 3.24 ERA for the Cubs after he was acquired on July 30 along with left-hander Tom Gorzelanny for pitchers Jose Ascanio and Kevin Hart, and
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... are the only players to win the award in the 2000s. Obviously, Pujols is the only player from the NL Central to make the list, but what's remarkable is how often other teams in the Central have won the award compared to the Astros . Take the Cardinals . In the 98 years the MVP award has been given out, 20 Cardinals have won. Cincinnati is next with 11 total MVP while the Cubs have...
Baseball Analysts (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Coming off consecutive NL Central crowns, 97 wins in 2008, and with bigtime acquisitions like Rich Harden and Milton Bradley set to be in the fold for a full season, Chicago Cubs fans had every reason to believe that the 2009 edition of their club could finally end their century-old title drought. Then the Cardinals started hot, the Cubs suffered some injuries, good players did not play to...
lenNY's Yankees - A Yankees Blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... INCORRECT (9) Mariano Rivera saves: under 32 INCORRECT (44) Standings: AL East: Yankees CORRECT AL Central: Indians INCORRECT (Twins) AL West: Angels CORRECT AL Wildcard: Rays INCORRECT (Red Sox) NL East: Phillies CORRECT NL Central: Brewers INCORRECT (Cardinals) NL West: Dodgers CORRECT NL Wildcard: Cubs INCORRECT (Rockies) Postseason: AL World Series rep: Yankees CORRECT NL World...
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Yesterday I posted the Top 10 prospect lists from Baseball America for the NL East and NL Central teams. Well, they are not the only site publishing their top 10 prospects. Baseball Prospectus us working on their top 11 prospects for each team, and recently posted their top 11 prospects for the Detroit Tigers . Here's a snippet of their top 11 list: Five-Star Prospects 1. Jacob Turner , RHP...
alumaz8q7x | 27/11/2009
... Grabow, who said he has a house in Arizona where the Cubs conduct spring training. Staying in the NL Central and being with a veteran club were also appealing for Grabow. "It was kind of a no-brainer," he said. He pitched 30 games and had a 3.24 ERA for the Cubs after he was acquired on July 30 along with left-hander Tom Gorzelanny for pitchers Jose Ascanio and Kevin Hart, and
The FanHouse - Milwaukee Bucks (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
by Matt Snyder Filed under: AL Central , AL East , AL West , NL Central , NL East , NL West , MLB Media Watch From the Windup is Matt Snyder's extended look at some aspect of America's pastime each Thursday . Just because something is corny, doesn't mean it can't be done. Saying what you are thankful for on Thanksgiving is an American tradition. Sure, it may be a bit played out -- and...
carolynq12le | 26/11/2009
... torment his old Milwaukee Brewers with clutch hits and wondrous defense when both were in the NL Central before last season. "There isn't anyone in baseball who would tell you they wouldn't want to have that position solidified with one of the premier defensive players in the game," Zduriencik said. A sore hamstring first injured on a wet field in Pittsburgh before the trade preceded
