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RETIRING. MARK MCGWIRE, 38, St. Louis Cardinals slugger who was first to hit 70 homers in a season, beating Roger Maris' 1961 record of 61. His record stood until this year, when Barry Bonds hit 73. An injured, frustrated McGwire told reporters he was no longer able to perform "at a level equal to what [the Cardinals] would be paying...
With the “retirement” of Mark McGwire, the St. Louis Cardinals have reported interest in signing Jason Giambi, the Oakland Athletics’ superstar first baseman. The Cardinals have the luxury of adding players like Giambi because the organization has healthy fan support, a fan-friendly stadium and ownership willing to spend money...
...shipped to the majors. Managers and coaches who do well at the Triple A level are also promoted. Tony LaRussa and Dave Duncan chose St. Louis as a location where they could perform in front of a Major League audience, rather than the Triple A atmosphere in Oakland. Mark McGwire followed, along with Craig Paquette, Willie McGee and Todd Stottlemyre. For all four of those players, St. Louis only traded one player that remained with Oakland for more than a year—TJ Matthews, a mediocre middle reliever. But Matthews is mediocre, not terrible, so he currently plays for?...
...part, hitting not one but two home runs during the longest nine-inning game in major league baseball history (4 hr. 27 min.). The first of those blasts (photograph above) broke the record of 70 set to much fanfare just three years ago by the Cardinals' Mark McGwire. Bonds had already set a new record for walks (overtaking the one set by Babe Ruth in 1923) earlier in the week. Bonds didn't much care for that record. But he did care that the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Giants by a score of 11-10, taking San Francisco...
...Rhodes says he isn't distracted by the home run derby on the other side of the Pacific, where San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds is chasing Mark McGwire's single-season mark of 70, set three years ago. "I don't get too caught up in American baseball, because it's tough enough to be away from my country," Rhodes says. "But Bonds, well ... I can't imagine the pressure on him." Rhodes isn't used to that kind of attention. The 33-year-old leftfielder didn't quite make it in the U.S. major leagues, bouncing around among...