Yankees legend and Hall of Famer Phil Rizzuto passed away at the age of 89 on Monday night. The “Scooter” was best known for his legendary catchphrase “Holy Cow” during Yankee telecasts.My condolences go out to the Scooter’s family and friends.

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The Red Sox team is rallying around Eric Gagné.

Gary Matthews has found a home in Anaheim.

Dan Meyer and Dallas Braden had an awkward meeting in the A’s clubhouse on Monday.

For the Blue Jays to make a playoff push, they need their bats to come around.

The Devil Rays had a rough trip to Boston and a worse time at the hotel in the morning.

Indians OF Grady Sizemore played a little wiffle ball on Monday.

The Mariners have until Wednesday at 9 PM to sign their top pick, Phillippe Aumont.

Jay Payton has been struggling for the Orioles since the All-Star break.

The Rangers hope to be contenders in 2008.

Brandon Duckworth has been so-so in his rehab starts for the Royals.

Tigers 2B Placido Polanco broke Luis Castillo’s errorless streak at second base.

Jason Kubel could return to the Twins on Friday.

The White Sox aren’t ready to play spoiler just yet.

Joba Chamberlain is enjoying life with the Yankees.

Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia is having an August to remember.

Braves skipper Bobby Cox is in awe of Mark Teixeira’s defense at first base.

A.J. Burnett returned to the Blue Jays while Brandon League went on the DL.

Marlins OF Josh Willingham has enjoyed playing at Shea Stadium.

Jonny Gomes led off for the Devil Rays on Sunday night due to his high OBP.

The Mets celebrated Tom Glavine’s 300th win before Sunday’s game.

Orioles 3B Melvin Mora denied stealing signs during Saturday’s Sox-O’s game.

Despite a poor outing on Friday night, Matt Chico will stay in the Nationals rotation.

Having Jose Molina back up Jorge Posada has made Yankees skipper Joe Torre’s life a little easier.

J.C. Romero and Jose Mesa have provided stability to the Phillies bullpen.

Newly acquired Eric Gagné is looking for answers to his struggles with the Red Sox.

Jorge Posada missed his second straight game on Saturday for the Yankees.

The White Sox bullpen has been much better lately.

Ron Gardenhire tried some lineup changes on Saturday for the Twinkies.

The Tigers called up some fresh arms for their tired bullpen.

Joey Gathright is stuck at the bottom of the Royals batting order.

Ian Stewart made his MLB debut for the Rockies on Saturday.

The Reds optioned Matt Belisle to Triple-A due to his recent struggles.

The Rangers have four days to sign their top pick Neil Ramirez.

Shane Youman will start the doubleheader for the Pirates on Monday after not pitching for 11 days.

Phillies OF Aaron Rowand returned to the lineup after a bout with blurry vision.

The Padres placed Michael Barrett on the 15 day DL with concussion-like symptoms.

Jay Gibbons will miss the rest of the season for the Orioles with a torn labrum in his left shoulder.

The Nationals will activate Shawn Hill on Tuesday from the 15 day DL to start against the Phillies.

Jorge Sosa has pitched better as reliever than a starter for the Mets.

Alejandro De Aza hopes to show the Marlins he’s worthy of a permanent spot in the lineup.

The Mariners offense is starting to come to life.

Indians 2B Josh Barfield is working on his approach at the plate.

Brian Wilson found his way back to San Francisco four months later than he hoped.

Jonathan Broxton has no desire to return to the Dodgers rotation.

Diamondbacks starter Brandon Webb ran his scoreless streak to 33 innings on Saturday night.

Devil Rays OF Carl Crawford contributed some uniforms and equipment to the inner-city youth of Houston on Saturday.

Matt Murton has done a good job of replacing Alfonso Soriano for the Cubs.

Rick Ankiel started for the third straight day and homered twice on Saturday for the Cardinals

Derek Turnbow has been huge for the Brewers in the bullpen as of late.

Braves CF Andruw Jones has been playing through some elbow pain lately.

The Blue Jays young arms have helped kept them in things this season.

A’s DH Mike Piazza is part of the Miami-Dade Community College fraternity in the big leagues.

Dave Borkowski is adjusting to his role as the 7th inning specialist for the Astros.

Gary Matthews has been DH’ing for the Angels to rest his knees.

Barry Bonds hit his 758th home run tonight off of former teammate Matt Morris and his former team the Pittsburgh Pirates.

With a day off on Monday, the Diamondbacks don’t plan to alter their rotation for the week.

Angels catcher Jeff Mathis uses the lessons he learned from his football days behind the plate.

The Dodgers acquired Mark Sweeney from the Giants.

Donnie Murphy has been an excellent replacement at shortstop for the A’s.

MLB is still tracking Giants slugger Barry Bonds’ home run balls.

The Mariners claimed John Parrish off of waivers from the Orioles.

Wil Ledezma will start in place of the recently released David Wells for the Padres today.

Rusty Greer will be inducted into the Rangers Hall of Fame this morning.

Jason Hirsh was placed on the DL by the Rockies with a fractured fibula.

First there was Rick Ankiel, the pitcher. One who as a rookie in 2000 won 11 games and had 194 strikeouts in 175 innings. Then out of nowhere, Tony LaRussa picked him to start the NLDS against the Braves that year. In that game, he threw 5 wild pitches in one inning, tying a 110 year old record. He added four more wild pitches in the postseason for a grand total of 9. He made the Cardinals again in 2001 out of spring training and made 6 starts for them being sent to the minors. He didn’t pitch at all in 2002 due to an elbow sprain. In 2003, he started out in the minors and tore a ligament in his elbow missing the season.He made it back to the Cardinals in 2004 and had a 5.40 ERA in 10 relief appearances. However in winter ball, he felt something funny in his elbow and decided he was moving to the outfield.

So that now brings us to Ankiel, the outfielder. He started out the 2005 season in Double-A Springfield and Single-A Quad Cities where he hit .259 with 21 homers and 75 RBIs in 85 games. He spent the 2006 season on the disabled list after he injured his knee in an intrasquad game. This year he was invited to spring training again but really didn’t have a chance to make the team. So they sent him down to Triple-A Memphis where all he did was hit .267 with 32 homers and 89 RBIs. He is the current leader in home runs in the Pacific Coast League.

With all that background now on the career of Ankiel, the Cardinals have called him back up to the big leagues where he will start tonight and bat 2nd against the San Diego Padres. He’s had a long road back to the big leagues but i think it will be a great story if he ends up having success as an outfielder in this go around with the Cardinals.

Injured Astros OF Hunter Pence passed out his own t-shirt giveaway on Wednesday night.

Royals starter Brian Bannister has been playing mind games when he is pitching.

The Brewers released Elmer Dessens who had struggled for them.

Tigers skipper Jim Leyland is very proud of his former star player, Mr. Barry Lamar Bonds

Rick Ankiel could be back in a Cardinals uniform sooner than later.

The Twinkies placed Brian Buscher on the DL with an infection in his right leg.

The Cubs called up Felix Pie and put Angel Pagan on the DL.

The Indians have played 38 one run games this season.

The Pirates starters for this weekend’s series against the Giants were glad Barry Bonds hit his 756th homer.

White Sox 3B Josh Fields has been slowed recently by a hamstring injury.

Reds uber-utility man Ryan Freel is out for the season after undergoing knee surgery.

Barry Bonds didn’t waste any time increasing his homerun total to 757 as he homered again in the first inning tonight. The 2-run homer came off of Tim Redding and Redding became the 447th pitcher to give up a homer to Bonds.

I’ll be honest with you, I figured Barry would take the night off tonight just to rest after trying so hard lately to break the record. Next up for Barry is 3,000 hits as he stands 84 hits away (Hit count through his first two at-bats tonight).

If you hadn’t heard, Giants slugger Barry Bonds is the new homerun king.

The Astros’ Eric Bruntlett has stayed in the big leagues due to a position change back in 2003.

David Justice is elated to be joining the Braves Hall of Fame.

Brewers slugger Prince Fielder hopes to win the homerun title.

The hot weather in the Midwest made Tony LaRussa shuffle his Cardinals lineup.

Cubs catcher Jason Kendall is having a hard time throwing out base runners.

The Bill James numbers for the Diamondbacks say they should have a .470 winning % and not be in first place.

Grady Little hopes his Dodgers make the same run that they did in August last year.

Marlins stud Hanley Ramirez is not having the “sophomore slump” season.

Carlos Beltran should return to the Mets by the end of the week.

Nationals 1B Dimitri Young is third in the NL with a .339 batting average.

Padres SP David Wells has sucked ass lately.

Injured Phillies 2B Chase Utley had his stitches removed from his injured hand.

Pirates hitting coach Jeff Manto has been working wonders with his hitters.

Steady Eddie Guardado returned to the Reds on Tuesday.

Ryan Speier’s numbers in Triple-A made the Rockies call him back up.