David Freese, whose heroics in the 2011 postseason led the St. Louis Cardinals to the World Series title, has decided after “an extreme amount of thought” to decline an invitation to join the team’s Hall of Fame, he announced Saturday. “This is something that I have given an extreme amount of thought to, humbly, even […]
Continue readingHerrera, who will earn $10 million this season, hasn’t played for the Phillies since 2019, when he was suspended under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy. The charges against Herrera were dismissed, but he was removed from the team’s 40-man roster last year and wasn’t part of the 60-player pool for the shortened season. He […]
Continue readingAT 1 A.M. ON A FROSTBITTEN THANKSGIVING MORNING in St. Louis, David Freese waits on a downtown sidewalk while an autograph seeker runs back to her car to look for a Sharpie. Freese and several friends have just left a bar that was half-empty when they arrived an hour earlier but swelled to capacity when […]
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