In the shadow of a baseball stadium that rose from a mud-caked disaster area after Hurricane Katrina, Tulane’s players and coaches loaded a bus, their hopes of reaching the College World Series still intact.Across town, the University of New Orleans also is harboring dreams of a trip to Omaha. The team finished practice at a […]
For one night at least, the Chicago Cubs are the best team in baseball. It’s a title they might not give up without a fight.
Alfonso Soriano’s two-run single capped a late charge for the streaking Cubs, who won their fourth straight by beating the Colorado Rockies 8-4 Thursday night.
At 33-21, the Cubs have the best […]
Nearly two months into the season, the San Diego Padres have yet to win three straight games.
That will change if they can beat the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night.
“One more. Let’s get one more,” Adrian Gonzalez said after he and Kevin Kouzmanoff homered on consecutive pitches with two outs in the seventh inning to give […]
I was recently reading an article on how pitchers in fantasy baseball are severely undervalued. It says that fantasy experts suggest spending spending a minimum of 60% of your money on hitting, and a maximum of 40% of it on pitching even though pitching counts for exactly half of the scoring. (If your in a […]
Rookie Joey Votto and Bronson Arroyo helped Chris Speier go undefeated through his two-game run as acting manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
Votto hit his 10th homer, a three-run shot, and finished with four RBIs to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.
Other than allowing Paul McAnulty’s […]
San Francisco Giants shortstop Omar Vizquel was forced to wait at least one more day before claiming another place in the major league record book.
Vizquel was seeking to tie Luis Aparicio’s major league record for most games played at the position before Saturday night’s game at Florida was rained out.
The game was rescheduled to be […]