Saturday, April 6, 2013
The Parkway Central graduate beat the New York Yankees Saturday.
Chesterfield native and Parkway Central graduate Max Scherzer pitched five innings Saturday to get the win Saturday for the Detroit Tigers against the New York Yankees. Scherzer struck out seven but did allow four runs on five hits on his way to his first win in 2013. Former St. Louis Cardinal Tim McCarver, entering his final season as FOX Sports' lead analyst for Major League Baseball coverage, told The Detroit Free Press that Scherzer could win the Cy Young Award this season. On Friday, ESPN.com posted a powerful story about the passing of Scherzer's brother Alex last summer. Alex Scherzer took his own life after battling depression. Max returned to the mound two days later in an emotional performance and pitched in Alex's memory for the…
Saturday, January 19, 2013
The St. Louis Cardinal icon and baseball hall of fame outfielder passed away Saturday night.
Stan Musial, a giant in the St. Louis community and the baseball world for more than half a century, died Saturday at his home in Ladue. "Stan the Man passed peacefully at home at 5:45 pm tonight of natural causes. Life will never be the same without baseball's perfect knight," his grandson, Brian Musial Schwarze said via Twitter Saturday evening. Musial was 92 and had been in poor health in recent years. Musial, who entered baseball's Hall of Fame in 1969, played 22 years for the St. Louis Cardinals, amassing 3,630 hits and 24 All-Star Game appearances in a career full of superlatives. Said the Cardinals in posting word of Musial's death: Musial, father of three daughters and a son, was unpretentious, untroubled, friendly and folksy. The…
Saturday, October 27, 2012
The Parkway Central graduate will pitch Sunday in hopes of avoiding a San Francisco Giants sweep.
Max Scherzer pitched in the game that got the Detroit Tigers to the World Series, defeating the New York Yankees to end the American League Championship Series. Sunday, he'll pitch to keep his team from getting swept away in the Fall Classic. The San Francisco Giants kept up their postseason push with a 2-0 win Saturday night to take a 3-0 lead in the series. Scherzer, the Parkway Central graduate will face Matt Cain. "I absolutely relish it,” Scherzer told The Washington Post. In a media briefing prior to Sunday's start, Scherzer's continued ability to pitch through the pain of losing his brother, Alex, who died in June, was a topic of conversation. "Life goes on no matter what happens," The Tampa Bay Times quoted Scherzer. "And the sun …
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
The third baseman sent the St. Louis Cardinals to Game 7 of the World Series with his clutch performance, but he hasn't secured a spot on the National League's All-Star Game roster yet. Fans can still vote him in.
Why doesn’t the World Series MVP have a spot on the All-Star team yet? David Freese rescued the St. Louis Cardinals when they were one strike away from losing the World Series twice, and started this season with 13 home runs. Aside from baseball, he created his own baseball camp, suffered through an obnoxious interview at Six Flags St. Louis and made this 7-year old’s dream come true. Does that sound like an All-Star to you? Vote here or text N2 to 89269 to cast your ballot for Freese, who is competing against Bryce Harper (Washington Nationals), Michael Bourn (Atlanta Braves) and Aaron Hill (Arizona Diamondbacks). Freese was in the running against favorite Atlanta Braves' Chipper Jones, when Major League Baseball announced Jones would …
Thursday, October 27, 2011
After hitting .363 in 1971, Joe Torre shared a cheap apartment in Crestwood and carpooled to the stadium to save money. He made the decision to postpone World Series Game 6.
Joe Torre, the former Braves and Cardinals slugger and the former Braves, Cardinals, Yankees and Dodgers manager was in town as one the top executives of Major League Baseball. Seeing Torre and reading quotes from him brought back some fond memories. I don’t know Torre. I first started following Joe when he was a catcher with the Milwaukee Braves. His older brother, Frank Torre had been the first baseman for the Braves. When Frank retired he went to work for Rawlings, headquartered here in St. Louis. Frank was interviewed regularly before games and on the early form of sports talk shows. Beause of Frank, I started rooting for Joe, except when the Braves played the Cardinals. Joe became a Cardinal in 1969 and moved to third base. In 1971 …
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