Archive for October 27th, 2006
Weaver wins the big one
So many people said Jeff Weaver couldn’t win the big one.
He didn’t have the stomach for it. He was too flaky. He was too soft.
Well, all those people were wrong about Jeff Weaver.
Cast off by one team this summer, Weaver pitched the St. Louis Cardinals to a World Series title Friday night against the Detroit […]
Posted: October 27th, 2006.
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Weaver wins the big one (AP)
So many people said Jeff Weaver couldn’t win the big one. He didn’t have the stomach for it. He was too flaky. He was too soft. Well, all those people were wrong about Jeff Weaver. Cast off by one team this summer, Weaver pitched the St. Louis Cardinals to a World Series title Friday night […]
Posted: October 27th, 2006.
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Cardinals take out Tigers despite little from Pujols
Everyone knows the key to the St. Louis Cardinals’ offense is Albert Pujols.
Well, they won their first World Series in 24 years pretty much without him. The city’s first championship since the days of Whitey Ball was indeed a team effort.
“Total team,” manager Tony La Russa said. “The defense was great. The pitching was great. […]
Posted: October 27th, 2006.
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La Russa earns a second ring and his first real parade (AP)
Tony La Russa is finally going to get his parade. The man who joined Sparky Anderson as the only managers in 130 or so years of major league baseball to have won a World Series in both leagues doesn’t know the time, date or place. Yet. Finding out the details, frankly, won’t even cross his […]
Posted: October 27th, 2006.
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Cardinals take out Tigers despite little from Pujols (AP)
Everyone knows the key to the St. Louis Cardinals’ offense is Albert Pujols. Well, they won their first World Series in 24 years pretty much without him. The city’s first championship since the days of Whitey Ball was indeed a team effort. “Total team,” manager Tony La Russa said. “The defense was great.
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Posted: October 27th, 2006.
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Rogers won’t get chance in a Game 6
The Detroit Tigers hoped Kenny Rogers’ 23-inning postseason scoreless streak wouldn’t end with him rested and ready. That’s exactly what happened.
Manager Jim Leyland gambled that there would be a Game 6 in the World Series by starting rookie Justin Verlander, instead of Rogers on four days’ rest, in Game 5 on Friday night.
“If it was […]
Posted: October 27th, 2006.
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Rogers won’t get chance in a Game 6 (AP)
The Detroit Tigers hoped Kenny Rogers’ 23-inning postseason scoreless streak wouldn’t end with him rested and ready. That’s exactly what happened. Manager Jim Leyland gambled that there would be a Game 6 in the World Series by starting rookie Justin Verlander, instead of Rogers on four days’ rest, in Game 5 on Friday night.
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Posted: October 27th, 2006.
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Eckstein comes up big, wins World Series MVP award
David Eckstein took his mom to dinner at the White House, made a believer of Barry Bonds and got married at Walt Disney World.
To Tigers manager Jim Leyland, the 5-foot-7 shortstop looks like a “cute, little kid.”
Make that a World Series MVP, too.
Call Eckstein lucky or charmed or whatever, the St. Louis Cardinals were glad […]
Posted: October 27th, 2006.
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Eckstein wins World Series MVP award
David Eckstein took his mom to dinner at the White House, made a believer of Barry Bonds and got married at Walt Disney World.
To Tigers manager Jim Leyland, the 5-foot-7 shortstop looks like a “cute, little kid.”
Make that a World Series MVP, too.
Call Eckstein lucky or charmed or whatever, the St. Louis Cardinals were glad […]
Posted: October 27th, 2006.
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Eckstein comes up big, wins World Series MVP award (AP)
David Eckstein took his mom to dinner at the White House, made a believer of Barry Bonds and got married at Walt Disney World. To Tigers manager Jim Leyland, the 5-foot-7 shortstop looks like a “cute, little kid.” Make that a World Series MVP, too. Call Eckstein lucky or charmed or whatever, the St. Louis […]
Posted: October 27th, 2006.
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