David Eckstein

This offseason, scrappy-mc-scrapsters like Mark Ellis, Jamey Carroll and Clint Barmes have been signed to lucrative deals and one of the all-time greatest scrappers, Craig Counsell, has called it a career. Now, to cap it all off, one of the most scrapolicious players in baseball history, David Eckstein, has officially announced his retirement. In honor of the offseason of scrap, we’ve put together a lineup of baseball’s scrappiest active players.Read Full Story

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Former Padres second baseman and shortstop David Eckstein is done. He’s decided to retire rather than fight through a minor league contract for another shot on a Major League team. Or maybe he’s not depending on who you believe. Ken Rosenthal says Eckstein is not yet hanging them up. If he does retire he leaves behind a legacy of pure guts. He was never meant to play professional baseball. He was always too small, too scrawny. He was not your normal profile of what a Major League player was...Read Full Story

A drained Tony La Russa sat behind the podium, jersey gone and a blue towel draped around his neck, “When you dream,” the St. Louis Cardinals manager said, “you dream about seventh game, all the heroics.” After one of the greatest games in baseball history, a 10-9, 11-inning victory over Texas in Game 6 in which the Cardinals were twice within one strike of elimination, it was… See the article here: La Russa yet to announce Game 7 starter (AP)Read Full Story

AP – The St. Louis Cardinals are replacing a manager who’s third on the career victory list with a man who’ll be writing his first lineup card on opening day. Taken from: (AP)"> (AP)"> (AP)">Cardinals choose Matheny as La Russa’s successor (AP)Read Full Story