Tony LaRussa Sees Plenty Of Parallels Between His Cardinals, Athletics, & Red Sox Teams

As Tony La Russa’s new employers continue their rush to one of the all-time best regular seasons, the former Cardinals manager finds the Boston Red Sox are quite similar to his Cardinals teams of the early 2000s and his Oakland teams of the late 1980s.

Post-Dispatch

Nick Greenwood To Pitch For Caribes During The 2017-18 LVBP Season

The management of Caribes de Anzoátegui officialized Sunday the names of the foreign contingent facing the 2017-2018 season of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.  (Translated)

LVBP Official Site

Athletics Honor Dennis Eckersley By Renaming Gate After Him

The A's renamed the D Gate at the Coliseum after Dennis Eckersley in a ceremony for the Hall of Fame pitcher Friday afternoon.

Oakland Official Site

Colby Rasmus & Ryan Howard Could Be Good Gambles; Teams Still Attempting To Trade For Andrew McCutchen

Colby Rasmus, OF, free agent — We seldom hear his name, likely because he got hurt and had a horrible season (.206 with 15 homers). But Rasmus might be a good gamble. At 30, he can still play center field and gives the threat of pop from the left side. Managers have had difficulty dealing with him, but he seems to have matured as he’s gotten older.

Boston Globe

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 2-9-15: Edgard Montiel Collects Four Singles, One Double, & Scores One Run In Two Games; Gustavo Martinez Strikes Out Three & Allows Two Runs Over Six Innings; Carney Lansford A Guest Coach In China

Cardinals Winter League

Joe McDonald's 1982 World Series Ring Up For Auction

The late Danny Frisella’s 1969 New York Mets World Series player’s ring headlines several pieces of championship jewelry in the sale. Others include Joe McDonald’s 1982 St. Louis Cardinals General Manager’s World Series ring; a 1970 Baltimore Orioles World Series ring given to Stadium Ops Manager, Harry “Bud” Trageser; All-Star Game rings from Paul Molitor and Carney Lansford; a 1951 New York Yankees salesman’s sample ring and others.

Sports Collectors Daily

Darold Knowles Takes Over As Rehab Pitching Coach For Blue Jays

The TORONTO BLUE JAYS have named DANE JOHNSON as Bullpen Coach and ERIC OWENS as Assistant Hitting Coach, who will assist recently appointed Hitting Coach Brook Jacoby in 2015. SAL FASANO will assume the role of Minor League Pitching Coordinator, DAROLD KNOWLES takes over as Rehabilitation Pitching Coach and RICK LANGFORD will serve as Senior Pitching Advisor. In addition, current staffers HEATHER CONNOLLY advances to Manager, Major League Administration and JOE SHEEHAN has been promoted to Manager, Baseball Research and Development.

Toronto Official Site

Tony LaRussa: Support System Key To Hall Of Fame Career

Tony La Russa had just been hired to manage the Double-A Knoxville Sox in 1978, the first step on a journey that led to his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. Before Opening Day that season, White Sox player personnel advisor Paul Richards came to town to introduce him at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
St. Louis Official Site

Tony La Russa, feeling the urgency to wrap up a Hall of Fame induction speech that lasted 17 minutes, 26 seconds Sunday, noted afterward with some measure of horror that he had neglected to mention the baseball legend who had helped him start his managing career and the baseball legend who was there at the end of it.
Post-Dispatch

Jose Canseco Tries To Make Amends With Former Athletics' Teammates

Jose Canseco was at the Coliseum on Friday for the first time since he last played there, and that was 14 years ago.

SF Gate

1989 Athletics Champs Like Look Of Current A's

Could this be the A's team that gets back to the World Series? Members of the 1989 championship club believe so.

Oakland Official Site

Lance Berkman Tied World Series Runs Mark As Cardinal

Lance Berkman is one of only five National League players to score four runs in a World Series game. Of those five, three achieved the feat as Cardinals.

RetroSimba

Carney Lansford's Philosophy Paying Off For The Rockies

It was a pretty bold move by the Rockies in replacing former hitting coach Don Baylor. Baylor was very popular in the clubhouse — maybe too popular. They wanted someone with a little more edge.

CBS Denver

What Impact Will New Hitting Coach Carney Lansford Have?

To stimulate the lineup, the Rockies replaced Don Baylor with Lansford, who worked with many of the current Rockies in '07 when he was hitting coach at Triple-A Colorado Springs. His key projects are Iannetta, Helton and third baseman Ian Stewart, who is capable of impressive stretches of power but conversely can have runs of unproductive at-bats. Lansford has already made personal visits with Stewart, Iannetta and outfielder Seth Smith, so he's certainly not holding back in his efforts to make a mark.

Rockies Official Site

Carney Lansford Looks To Take Rockies Back In Time

Carney Lansford is planning a reunion. He's calling selected Rockies hitters and discussing the good ol' days in hopes of reliving them.

Rockies Official Site

Carney Lansford Named Rockies Hitting Coach; Don Baylor Offered Special Assistant Job

After a difficult season offensively, particularly on the road, the Rockies will change hitting instructors, bringing in Carney Lansford to replace Don Baylor.

Denver Post

Player Spotlight: Daniel Descalso

Daniel Descalso joined the Redbirds this season being ranked as the Cardinals no. nine prospect, he played consistently for the first two months in 44 consecutive games all at second base.

Chirp Chatter

Checking In On The Sophomores

Now we're cooking with fire. Comparisons for Rasmus included Ron Northey, Ellis Burks, Oddibe McDowell and Alex Gonzalez. Pick enough players across a broad spectrum of actual performance, and one of 'em is bound to connect. Right now, it's coming up Burks. Here are their sophomore seasons to date, both coming at age 23:

The Hardball Times

Quad Cities Golden Anniversary All-Star Team

Since the first pitch of a Midwest League game was thrown at Davenport's riverfront baseball stadium 50 years ago Monday, a total of 1,468 players suited up for the home team.

Quad-City Times

Elbow Bumps Felipe Lopez From Cardinals Lineup; Jason LaRue On Track To Return Tuesday; Mark McGwire Tips Cap To Carney Lansford

Cardinals infielder Felipe Lopez, who has been struggling with soreness in his right elbow for more than a week, was scratched from Sunday's original lineup about 90 minutes before St. Louis' game against the Giants.
Cardinals Official Site

The Cardinals just announced that third baseman Felipe Lopez is scratched from today’s start with renewed right elbow soreness. The problem, which dates to the Cardinals’ April 11 game against the Milwaukee Brewers, flared anew after Lopez played all nine innings of Saturday’s 2-0 loss to the San Francisco Giants. Lopez contributed two hits but admitted after the game that the elbow gradually stiffened as the game progressed.
Cardinal Beat

Springfield Cardinals Report 4-20-10: Nick Additon To Start; Getting The Double Plays; Homestand Finale

Today's game

Midland RockHounds vs. Springfield Cardinals, 12:10 p.m. at Hammons Field

Springfield News-Leader