cubscore.com - 10/26/2009
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ESPN's Buster Olney is reporting that, when Tony LaRussa returns to St. Louis to manage the Cardinals in 2010, he'll have a new hitting coach.
Mark McGwire.
That's right, the man once responsible for "saving baseball" with Sammy Sosa, and was later embarassed in front of Congress enough to ...
Tony LaRussa Back to Cards, Mark McGwire to Juice Up the Bats
bleachernation.com 10/26/2009 — After reading the tea leaves, we predicted yesterday that Tony LaRussa would return to the St. Louis Cardinals on a one-year deal, and despite rumors swirling at the time that he was set to sign a multi-year extension, LaRussa instead re-upped for just one year, according to ESPN. We’ll ...
Mark McGwire Returns
baseballmusings.com 10/25/2009 — According to MLB FanHouse, Mark McGwire is the St. Louis Cardinals new hitting coach :
This news seems to make it pretty clear that Tony La Russa, who’s been close with McGwire after managing him both in Oakland and St. Louis, should be back in 2010 as the Cardinals’ manager. ...
Tony LaRussa Will Probably Manage the Cardinals Next Year
bleachernation.com 10/25/2009 — St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa’s contract is up in a week, and he still hasn’t decided whether or not he wants to come back to the team next year.
But he probably will, and he will probably be awesome. Insofar as managers are awesome, anyway.
Said La Russa, scheduled ...
The St. Louis Cardinals are clearly out of their minds
stupidsportsblog.blogspot.com 10/26/2009 — So the Cards have hired Mark McGwire to be their hitting coach . Let's get all the obvious jokes out of the way. "Khalil, listen, you're doing it all wrong. What you want to do is keep your elbow flat and still, then inject the steroids into your body." "No, no. Trust me on this, Colby. Pock ...
The Associated Press: McGwire joins Cardinals as hitting coach
google.com 10/26/2009 — 2 hours ago ST. LOUIS Mark McGwire is returning to baseball as hitting coach under St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa. The Cardinals said Monday that La Russa had agreed to a one-year contract for a 15th season as manager and that McGwire will ...
Cardinals Bring Back Tony LaRussa And Mark McGwire
theghostofmoonlightgraham.wordpress.com 10/28/2009 — According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the Cardinals and manager Tony LaRussa have agreed to a one-year deal with a mutual option for 2011. The Cardinals also got good news when pitching coach Dave Duncan agreed to return to the team as well.
LaRussa to Leave St. Louis?
bleachernation.com 10/12/2009 — For more than a decade, the St. Louis Cardinals have gone as their manager has gone. Say what you will about Tony LaRussa, but the man can manage a baseball team. He makes the Cardinals better, and the day that he decides to hang them up - or at least to move on from St. Louis - will be a good ...
MARK MCGWIRE COMING OUT OF HIDING?
withleather.uproxx.com 10/28/2009 — The St. Louis Cardinals coaching staff got a little boost when Tony LaRussa reportedly hired Mark McGwire to serve as the Cards’ hitting coach in 2010. A press conference has been schedule by the Cards for noon today, but did not say why they ...
The Cardinals 2009 Postseason And Some Notes on 2010
baseballreflections.com 10/29/2009 —
It’s been famously noted that the postseason is a crapshoot. While there is definitely some truth to that statement, for the St. Louis Cardinals the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers brought both old and new reasons for a hasty exit from October.
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He’s Baaaaaaaacne!
hirejimessian.com 10/26/2009 — Just when I thought the St. Louis Cardinals couldn’t stick anything else in their asses, they surprised me by bringing back amnesiac Mark McGwire as Albert Pujols’ “vitamins” supplier the Cardinals’ hitting coach. It would by hypocritical of me to say too much ...
Former Mets GM fired by ESPN —
Examiner Sports 10/26/2009
Baseball analyst Steve Phillips was fired by ESPN on Sunday night, less than a week after he admitted having an affair with a production assistant at the cable network.
Return to baseball is good for Big Mac —
SFGate: Top Sports Stories 10/26/2009
Mark McGwire might have taken a baby step toward the Hall of Fame by returning to the public eye as the St. Louis Cardinals' hitting coach. He might take a bigger step if he acknowledges he used performance-enhancing drugs (beyond androstenedione) to ...