BASEBALL NOTEBOOK: MCGWIRE, SOSA TAKE AWARD NO. 2.Byline: Daily News Wire Services St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. first baseman Mark McGwire McGwire and Sosa, who both surpassed Roger Maris' 37-year-old record of 61 home runs in a season, were named Sports Illustrated's Sportsmen of the Year on Monday. McGwire finished the season with 70 home runs, and Sosa had 66. It's the second straight year McGwire captured the Sporting News honor, following his 58-home run effort with the Oakland Athletics “Philadelphia Athletics” redirects here. For other uses, see Philadelphia Athletics (disambiguation). The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. and Cardinals in 1997. The Sporting News also chose McGwire and Sosa because of their efforts off the field. The Cardinals slugger has pledged $1 million a year to the Mark McGwire Foundation for Children, and Sosa established the Sammy Sosa Foundation, which helps raise funds for underprivileged children. Back in Texas: The Texas Rangers Texas Rangers, mounted fighting force organized (1835) during the Texas Revolution. During the republic they became established as the guardians of the Texas frontier, particularly against Native Americans. acquired the best tailback in baseball, Heisman Trophy Heisman Trophy Annual award given to the outstanding college gridiron football player in the U.S. The trophy was instituted in 1935 by New York City's Downtown Athletic Club and was officially named the following year for the club's first athletic director, the player-coach winner Ricky Williams Errick Lynne Williams, Jr. (born May 21, 1977 in San Diego, California) is an American and Canadian football running back whose NFL rights are held by the Miami Dolphins, but is currently suspended by the league for using marijuana. . Texas purchased Williams' contract from the Expos for about $100,000, a day after Montreal took him from the Philadelphia Phillies “Phillies” redirects here. For other uses, see Phillies (disambiguation). The Philadelphia Phillies are a professional baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. with the fourth pick of the major-league draft for players left off 40-man rosters. Trachsel signs: Pitcher Steve Trachsel, who served up Mark McGwire's history-making 62nd home run, agreed to a one-year contract with the Chicago Cubs. Terms of the contract were not announced. Trachsel, 28, went 15-8 with a 4.46 ERA last season in 33 starts for the Cubs over 208 innings. It was his third season surpassing 200 innings. Sprague joins Pirates: Pittsburgh ended its search for a third baseman who can start while their youngsters develop, signing free agent Ed Sprague to a $1 million, one-year contract. Sprague gives the power-deficient Pirates a much-needed bat - he hit 36 homers for Toronto in 1996 - at a modest price while 20-year-old Aramis Ramirez matures in the minors. Done deal: Milwaukee sent minor-league outfielder Darrell Nicholas to Minnesota to complete a trade for outfielder Alex Ochoa. The Brewers acquired Ochoa on Monday from the Twins for a non-roster player to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. . Phillies busy: Philadelphia made two minor moves, agreeing to a $500,000, one-year contract with left-handed reliever Jim Poole and a $600,000, two-year deal with former Dodgers catcher Tom Prince. Lost and found: The original lineup card used in the game during which Cal Ripken broke the consecutive-game streak has turned up in an unexpected place: the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., instead of a Chicago auction house. Former Orioles manager Phil Regan filled out the card Sept. 6, 1995, inserting Ripken into the lineup for his 2,131st consecutive game. Generally a manager makes two carbon copies, but because of the historic nature of the game, Regan made five. Regan arranged for his copy to be auctioned off earlier this month, and a Baltimore collector bid $35,650, mistakenly thinking it was the original. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO McGwire |
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