Larry Walker News

Bill Smith remembers his rookie year. 'I got hammered by fans,' the Minnesota Twins general manager said.

As I was writing another column of the best World Series match ups of the last 30 years, I realized how many stinkers there have been recently.

It may be tough to predict the winner of the 2009 World Series between the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies, but Canadians can be assured that one of their native sons will be sporting a ring when it is all over.

Here are the playoffs, and there go the playoffs. The Cardinals, like their National League Central predecessors the past two years, were swept out of the playoffs by NL West teams.

Historically this is Sit Down Weekend in the major leagues. The less adventurous nurse .300 batting averages by inventing injuries or happily stepping aside so younger guys can play.

Over the last few days, I have posted a few "write your own caption" photos, and no one's really contributed one, due, I suppose, to being focused on other issues.

Shaq makes his big pitch Notebook He then challenges Pujols to a home run contest.

Pujols is impressed El Hombre likes the lineup around him, now looks to contribute again.

The trade deadline has come on and gone, but that doesn't mean the Chicago Cubs can't make a move.

Except for his recent desire for more hits, Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols is most impressed with his current surroundings.

Through 48 games, New Yankee Stadium is on pace for 262 home runs.A That would put them 41 home runs behind the record established at Coors Field in 1999.A When this concept was put together New Yankee Stadium was on pace for 281 home runs.A So in a short time, I've already knocked them 19 homers further off the record setting pace.A But hey, what ...

A look at a few notable deals in which the Cardinals gave up prospects for a big-name veteran: JULY 1997 From Oakland: 1B Mark McGwire.

Rogers Centre fans were bound to feel a tad wistful Friday night, what with Roy Halladay ending - or perhaps just officially starting - his farewell tour as a Toronto Blue Jay.

Answering these questions often drew a crowd - a snickering and encouraging crowd.

The box score from Major League Baseball's 1999 All-Star Game shows that Ed Sprague entered as a defensive replacement in the bottom of the sixth inning and grounded out in his only at-bat in the top of the eighth.

STAR GAME is tomorrow night, which makes it a perfect time to remember a record-setting feat that happened in the Midsummer Classic of 1999.

The question of who should belong on the roster of each league's All-Star team consumes sports fans each year.

A member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame suffered serious injuries in car crash on the edge of Stratford Friday morning.

ST. MARYS, Ont.a 'As Larry Walker read his brief Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame induction speech off his iPhone, an incoming text message interrupted his next sentence.

Robert MacLeod Friday, Jun. 19, 2009 11:05PM EDT W hen Larry Walker is enshrined Saturday in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, it will renew the debate about who is the greatest Canadian-born player to have played in the major leagues.