Ask anyone who watched Don Mattingly hit and they’d probably say he could be great at anything. Bat resting peacefully on his left shoulder, knees dropping him slowly into a comfortable crouch, his entire torso poised to uncoil like a hungry cobra. He pounced on pitches. High heat, soft stuff, didn’t matter.
Ask anyone who watched Don Mattingly hit and they’d probably say he could be great at anything. Bat resting peacefully on his left shoulder, knees dropping him slowly into a comfortable crouch, his entire torso poised to uncoil like a hungry cobra. He pounced on pitches. High heat, soft stuff, didn’t matter.
Aaron Cook pronounced himself ready to return to the Colorado Rockies rotation after pitching a simulated game Saturday. Whether the Rockies decide to add him to their World Series roster is still uncertain. Cook hasn’t pitched in a major league game since Aug. 10, sidelined by a strained muscle in his side, and had mixed results against the Rockies’ regulars.
Aaron Cook pronounced himself ready to return to the Colorado Rockies rotation after pitching a simulated game Saturday. Whether the Rockies decide to add him to their World Series roster is still uncertain. Cook hasn’t pitched in a major league game since Aug. 10, sidelined by a strained muscle in his side, and had mixed results against the Rockies’ regulars.
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa expects to return for a 13th season with St. Louis, and may commit to the team before it selects a new general manager. La Russa told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he’d be back barring complications in discussions with team chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. His three-year deal expired at the end of the season.
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa expects to return for a 13th season with St. Louis, and may commit to the team before it selects a new general manager. La Russa told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he’d be back barring complications in discussions with team chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. His three-year deal expired at the end of the season.
Joe Torre won’t even set foot in Yankee Stadium anytime soon, not even to clean out his office. “I walked out of there, I’m not going back,” he said. “I just leave the memories.” A day after he turned down a one-year contract, convinced the team no longer was committed to him after 12 seasons and four World Series titles, he went out his way — grateful, yet defiant; respectful but hurt.
Joe Torre won’t even set foot in Yankee Stadium anytime soon, not even to clean out his office. “I walked out of there, I’m not going back,” he said. “I just leave the memories.” A day after he turned down a one-year contract, convinced the team no longer was committed to him after 12 seasons and four World Series titles, he went out his way — grateful, yet defiant; respectful but hurt.
Trey Hillman has a daunting task. It’s his turn to try leading the Kansas City Royals back to respectability. A winner in Japan and in the minor leagues with the New York Yankees, Hillman was hired Friday to take over a long-struggling Royals team that hasn’t been to the playoffs since the late Dick Howser guided Kansas City to the 1985 World Series title.
The Titans listed quarterback Vince Young as active, but said it was a game-time decision whether he or backup Kerry Collins would start Sunday against the Texans. Young strained his right quadriceps in last week’s 13-10 loss at Tampa Bay when he scrambled for a 2-yard gain and was pushed out of bounds by defensive tackle Jovan Haye in the third quarter.
