DeWitts Have Fond Memories Of President Bush

It was early in the morning after one of those playoff games that went late into the night when Cardinals Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. heard his phone buzz to life and opted to ignore it.

Post-Dispatch

Carlos Beltran Says He Will Not Visit White House With Astros

Carlos Beltran won't be joining his former Houston Astros teammates at the White House when their World Series championship is recognized later this year.

ESPN

Randy Boyd Joins Tennessee Governor's Race

Knoxville businessman Randy Boyd is joining the race to succeed term-limited Gov. Bill Haslam next year.

NewsOK

The History Of The MLBPA, Part One: The Rise Of Sports' Strongest Union

The MLBPA emerged from nearly nothing, and quickly became an important counterweight to the owners.

Beyond The Boxscore

Fernandomania Started 35 Years Ago Today

Today, 35 years ago, he began the '' Fernandomania '' and few like Mike Scioscia, who serves as manager of the Angels today to evoke the moment when '' El Toro Etchohuaquila '' appeared unexpectedly in his first game as starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers .  (Translated)

ESPN Deportes

Matt Holliday Is Older But Wiser, Too

When Matt Holliday was a younger, savage hitter about to whack his way into the Colorado Rockies’ lineup, he remembers times when he was more intimidated by the scouting report on a pitcher than the pitcher himself.

Post-Dispatch

'One That Got Away': When Yogi Berra Tried Out For The Cardinals

Answering what essentially was a Want Ad in the newspaper for ballplayers, young Alfred Fred “Red” Schoendienst hitchhiked to St. Louis and took the field to catch the eye of Cardinals general manager Branch Rickey.
Bird Land

Yogi Berra, the great New York Yankees catcher who died Wednesday at age 90, had the classic American life. An unusual life. A long, prosperous, accomplished, happy, wonderful life in every way imaginable.
101 ESPN

Long before he was a Yankees legend, a Hall of Fame catcher and the source of so many beloved malapropisms, Yogi Berra was a young boy growing up in The Hill, a St. Louis neighborhood that many Italian immigrants once called home.
St. Louis Official Site

Milo Hamilton's Rise Was A Uniquely American Story

Milo Hamilton knew almost from the moment he sat behind a microphone that first time seven decades ago: he was going to be one of those lucky people who got to spend his life doing something he loved. He was blessed in that way. He knew it, too.

Houston Official Site

Top Civilian Honor To Cement Legend Of Baseball Great Stan Musial

While attending an inauguration gala for Ronald Reagan in January 1981, Steve Russell noticed baseball legend and fellow Western Pennsylvanian Stan Musial walking unattended and unnoticed.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Ronald Reagan & Baseball

Perhaps the most pivotal decision Ronald Reagan made as a young man was to heed Horace Greeley's advice to, "Go west, young man."

The American Spectator