Tag Archives: Baseball

Jan 2012

Up Come The Tigers: The Signing of Prince Fielder

Prince Fielder, former Milwaukee Brewer first baseman, has agreed to terms on a nine year, $214 million contract with the Detroit Tigers. The St. Louis Cardinals are used to Fielder, and are probably relieved they don’t have to play his new team nearly as much as they do the Brewers. “No team likes playing against [...]

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Dec 2011

Losing a Hero

The average working American makes about $31,111 in a calender year. As a Los Angeles Angel, Albert Pujols will make five times that amount in a game. A few months ago, if you went down to Busch Stadium around 7:00 p.m. there would be a sea of red Cardinals jerseys. Many would read “PUJOLS” on [...]

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Nov 2011

Mariner’s Outfielder Dead at 24

Greg Halman, an up-and-coming Seattle Mariner’s outfielder, was stabbed to death on Nov. 21 at age 24. Halman was in Rotterdam, Netherlands when he was stabbed early Monday morning. Halman’s 22 year old brother is being questioned about the murder. A statement has been released by Michel Weiner, executive director of Major League Baseball Players [...]

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May 2010

Hounds ride El Caballo to victory

The Clayton baseball team finally had a game in which they got some breaks from the other team rather than handing them out as the team has done lately.  The team also finally had some timely and consistent production from the bottom part of their lineup to squeak out the win. No player came up [...]

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Apr 2010

Gold leads Hounds in box, on mound and behind plate

Senior catcher and pitcher Graham Gold has gotten off to a torrid start to the baseball season. Gold has helped the team to a 7-5 start while catching, pitching, and batting in the cleanup spot in the order. “Coming in to this season, we had a clean-up hitter in Matt Militello who we really wanted [...]

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