Stan Musial rapped out 3,630 hits during his 22 glorious seasons with the Cardinals, the fourth-highest total in MLB history.Musial, a model of sustained, consistent excellence during his Hall of Fame career, had exactly 1,815 hits at home and 1,815 hits on the road. And though he obviously wasnt much of a stolen-base threat, he also had exactly 39 stolen bases at home and 39 on the road.MORE: But maybe the most amazing coincidence about Musial wasnt even about on-field performance. He was born on Philadelphia 76Ers Jeresy Nov. 21, 1920, in Donora, Pa. Know what other Hall of Famer was born in Donora, Pa., and has a Nov. 21 birthday? Its one of baseballs most well-known wait, what? factoids, so you probably know where this is going.Ken GriffeyJr., is the other left-handed hitting Hall of Fame outfielder from the town of fewer than 5,000 people nestled into a nook of the Monongahela River, just 27 miles south of the heart of Pittsburgh. Its almost impo sible to believe.Maybe the best part, though? Musials nickname is Stan The Man, and Griffeys is The Kid.Seriously, you could not script this stuff. But baseball is full of these statistical oddities and factual coincidences. With the lockout in full force, we thought wed take the opportunity to compile a list of the most mind-blowing statistical/factual baseball coincidences we could find.Huge, ma sive, enormous thanks to those of you on Twitter who helped make this po sible with your overwhelming responses to a random Sunday afternoon crowdsourcing tweet. I've tried to link to as many tweets as po sible to give credit where credit it due.Without further ado, heres baseballs wait, what?!? list. Cecil Fielder made his MLB debut at 21 years old in 1985, but struggled to find consistent at-bats or production Allen Iverson Jersey with the Blue Jays and spent the 1989 season playing in Japan, where he slugged 38 homers in 106 games. The Tigers brought him back to the majors for 1990, and he spent the next seven years as one of the most feared power hitters in the bigs.His son, Prince, made his MLB debut at 21 years old in 2005. Unlike his dad, he was an immediate star in the big leagues, but his career ended at 32 years old when a neck injury that required spinal fusion surgery left him unable to play baseball.Both Cecil and Prince finished with exactly 319 career home runs.Both had one season with a home run total in the 50s, one season with a home run total in the 40s and four seasons with a home run total in the 30s.Oh, and for both father and son, exactly 40 percent of their hits in their career went for extra bases, and exactly 22 percent of the balls they put in play were line drives. And then, theres this bit of jaw-dropping info Prince Fielder & Cecil Fielder each hit 319 career HR, yesDid you know they ALSO matched each other with:- 97 2-out HR- 49 4th-inning HR- 29 5th-inning HR- 18 9th-inning HReach! Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) Yeah. Thats the kind of stuff were going to talk about today. Buckle up.Jim Perry pitched 17 years in the big leagues, finishing second in the 1959 Rookie of the Year race and winning the 1970 AL Cy Young, after a third-place finish the previous season.The last decision of his career came on July 29, 1975; he gave up five earned runs in a game his As lost, 6-1, to the Rangers. That left his career W/L record at 215-174. He made two more relief appearances and then, with a 5.38 ERA on the season, Oakland released the 39-year-old right-hander, and he retired to become a scout with the As.His younger brother, Gaylord, was still in the prime of his career in 1975. Hed been traded from Cleveland to Texas in June and caught fire for the Rangers down the stretch. In 13 starts from mid-June to mid-September, he posted a 9-3 record and 1.69 ERA. The right-hander was brilliant again on Sept. 21 six days after his 37th birthday allowing just two runs in a complete-game win in Chicago against Dwight Howard Jersey the White Sox.The decision gave him a 215-174 career record, .It didnt last long, unfortunately. Gaylord won his final start of the season his 25th complete game effort of the season to improve to 216-174. He would pitch another eight years in the bigs, retiring at 44 with 314 career wins.Brothers B.J. and Justin Upton both hit their Joel Embiid Jersey 99th career , July 20, 2012: B.J. for the Rays at home vs. the Mariners and Justin for the Diamondbacks at home vs. the Astros.And they both hit their 100th career homers on the same day, too!Those came on Aug. 3: B.J. at home vs. the Orioles and Justin on the road against the Phillies. In the 10 games between those two home runs, each brother had seven hits: six singles and an extra-base hit (double for B.J., triple for Justin).Joe DiMaggio owns the longest hitting streak in Yankees history (MLB history, too), with his epic 56-game streak in 1941. Everyone knows this, of course. But who owns the longest hitting streak in the history of the Red Sox, the Yankees arch-rival?That title belongs to a DiMaggio, too. Joes younger brother, Dom, had a 34-game hitting streak for the Red Sox in 1949. In case you were wondering, oldest brother Vince DiMaggios longest streak of games with at least one hit was 12, for the Pirates in 1941.Heres a fun DiMaggio brothers fact: Joe struck out only 369 times in his entire career, spanning 4,313 plate appearances, and never more than the 39 times he struck out in his rookie season of 1936. Vince, on the other hand, was more of a free swinger. He led the NL in strikeouts six times once when he only played 109 of the 154 games and if you add the strikeout totals of his three worst seasons (1937, 1938 and 1943), you Seth Curry Jersey get a total of 371 strikeouts in 1,801 PAs. Yep, more than Joes entire career. On the other hand, you would need Joes four worst seasons to top Vinces single-season high of 134.Dom, by the way, was more Joe than Vince he played 10 full seasons in the bigs, with a low of 46 and a high of 68.Knuckleball pitcher Joe Niekro came to the plate 1,165 times in his 22-year career. He hit exactly one home run, in a game his Astros won4-3against the Braves on May 29, 1976.The home run came off his brother, Phil.Phil didnt hit any homers off Joe in his career, but he did bat .316 against his younger brother in 20 PAs. Joe had the long ball, but batted just .111 in 19 PAs against Joe.The Niekros, by the way, edged out the Perrys for most wins by brothers, 539 to 529. Catcher Mike Tresh played 12 years in the big majors, 11 of those with the White Sox. He finished his career in 1949 with an on-base percentage of .335.His son, Tom, played nine seasons in the majors. He was a much better power hitter, popping 153 home runsover his career compared to the two his dad hit.But his career on-base percentage? You already know it, an identical .335. Only three players with

The and wrapped Vlade Divac Jersey up their three-game series Sunday afternoon at Minute Maid Park in Houston. And the rival clubs continued trading barbs. The back-and-forth began with Jose Altuve's jersey gesture from the 2019 ALCS.Altuve against the Yankees, and many used that incident as evidence to support speculation that the Astros used electronic buzzers to steal signs in 2019. , saying he was "too shy" to remove his jersey. Major League Baseball found the Astros guilty of stealing signs (with the illegal a sistance of cameras in center field) throughout the 2017 regular season and postseason, and early in 2018 as well.The on-field squabbling continued Sunday when Astros catcher Martn Maldonado responded to Judge's trolling. After Maldonado hit a 371-foot home run to right field over Judge's head to tie the game at 1-1 Reggie Theus Jersey in the third inning, he gestured to his unbuttoned jersey. Take a look, paying close attention to when Maldonado rounds third base:After the game, Maldonado told that his jersey pull was for the opposite reason of Judge's. "It was a little hot," Maldonado said. "I was trying to get some air inside my shirt." His response feels like the epitome of 'two can play this game.' For what it's worth, Judge avoided direct confirmation for what exactly his Saturday night jersey tug was referring to, instead saying it was simply because Minute Maid gets cold with the roof shut."Whenever they keep the roof closed here, it's a little chilly. I was just telling my teammates to button up a little bit," Judge told reporters, . Apparently, this whole thing boils down to a whole lot of temperature discrepancies at Minute Maid.Following Maldonado's homer, Yankees outfielder crushed an opposite-field home run (his first Sacramento Kings Jeresy with the Yankees) to give New York back the lead in the fourth inning. But, that's not what we want to focus in on. After the homer, Locastro was draped with a jacket because you know, like Judge said, it gets cold in Houston's air-conditioned stadium. Now, they're having fun with it. Take a look: And the Yankees give Locastro a jacket after the homer its chilly! Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) The Yankees kept piling on the runs thanks to a Gio Urshela RBI double in the seventh inning followed by a three-run Gary Sanchez Mike Bibby Jersey home run in the eighth. That extended New York's lead to a comfortable five-run advantage, at 7-2 entering the ninth inning.That lead quickly disappeared when the Astros got the last word with a six-run ninth inning. The cherry on top for Houston? Altuve was the one to play the part of walk-off hero. He capped off the comeback with a three-run, walk-off home run off an 85-mph curveball from Chad Green. The ball went over the head of Locastro in left field. The real statement-making play wasn't even Altuve's homer, it was the celebration thereafter where Altuve, or his teammates more specifically, ripped off his jersey once he cro sed home plate.Despite dropping the series finale, the Yankees won 4-0 on Friday and 1-0 on Saturday. It was the first time the Astros had been shut out in back-to-back games since May 1-2, 2018, also against Cory Joseph Jersey the Yankees.Heading into the All-Star break, the Yankees are eight games behind the first-place Red Sox in the AL East, while the Astros sit in first place in the AL West with a three and a half game lead over the Oakland A's. The two clubs won't play each other again in the regular season, and the Yankees finish with a 4-2 regular-season record over the Astros in 2021.

Joe West, one of baseball's most well-known umpires, is reportedly retiring at the end of the 2021 season.According to The Boston Globe's Pete Abraham, West will call it a career after the campaign. In May, he set the MLB record for Bogdan Bogdanovic Jersey .Joe West on the plate tonight. He plans to retire after the season, so this could well be his last game at Fenway.West, 68, has been an MLB umpire since 1976. He's the man who called Dave Roberts safe at second in 2004."Country Joe" can be combative. But he's a good umpire. Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) FAGAN: West has been around baseball for close to half a century. He made the majors at 23, with his debut game on Sept. Trevor Ariza Jersey 14, 1976.He has been on the field for multiple milestones, including Nolan Ryan's fifth no-hitter, Willie McCovey's 500th home run and Albert Pujols' 400th home run. He has umpired six World Series and 10 League Championship Series.MORE: West is also well-known for controversial calls Dewayne Dedmon Jersey and a varying strike zone, and that was no different during Sunday's Red Sox-Yankees game. He drew the ire of social media for ringing up Yankees third baseman DJ LeMahieu on a pitch inside.It all kinda makes sense now:Joe West Westworld Androids Robo-umps Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) , West produced one of Buddy Hield Jersey the highest rates of bad calls in 2018, with 11.43 percent of his calls being incorrect. The data found that between 2008 and 2018, West averaged 2.3 incorrect calls per inning.MORE: West recently found himself at odds with a player off the field. He sued former MLB catcher Paul Lo Duca, who claimed former pitcher Billy Wagner bribed West with a chance to drive a vintage car in exchange for a widened strike Yogi Ferrell Jersey zone. West sued for defamation, saying the remarks hurt his chances ofbeing elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He won the case .

The start of Major League Baseball's 2020 season has been pushed back until at least May because of the novel coronavirus Elijah Hughes Jersey , which has been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. As such, seasonal ballpark employees stand to take a financial hit because of the delay and the likelihood of an abbreviated 2020 schedule. That's why each of MLB's 30 teams are committing $1 million to aid those employees and addre s the harm caused by those lost wages. commi sioner Rob Manfred , citing a "desire to help some of the most valuable members of the baseball community."Here's the full statement from the league: Donovan Mitchell Jersey The teams are donating a total of $30 million -- $1 million each -- to a sist the ballpark employees affected by the delayed Karl Malone Jersey start to the 2020 season. MLB Communications (@MLB_PR) The coronavirus outbreak, which has led to "shelter in place" orders in a number of locations globally, declining securities markets, and decreased consumer activity, will have widespread economic effects. Those effects will be acutely felt in MLB, which has shut down Cactus and Grapefruit League spring training games and has little grasp of when the Royce O'Neale Jersey regular season might begin. If anything, a May start likely represents a best-case scenario.Coronaviruses are a large group of viruses that can cause illne ses as minor as a cold, or as serious as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), . The virus can cause symptoms including fever, cough and shortne s of breath, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Bojan Bogdanovic Jersey Prevention. But while some patients only show mild symptoms and recover, others have developed life-threatening complications, such as pneumonia, . has the latest updates about the virus, which has and has caused more than 7,100 fatalities worldwide. Here at CBS Sports we have .

Plate ump leaves A's-Angels game after getting hit twice May 15 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Plate umpire Marty Foster left Sundays game between the Justin Wright-Foreman Jersey Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Angels after getting hit in the facemask a second time.Foster was hit in the sixth inning by a foul ball from Kevin Smith and collapsed to the ground before being helped to his feet by As a sistant athletic trainer Brian Schulman.Foster remained in the game, but in the top of the seventh Oakland Derrick Favors Jersey reliever Zach Jackson threw a low pitch that bounced up and hit Foster again. Second base umpire Scott Barry replaced Foster behind the plate.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/tag/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic American League Los Angeles Angels Major League Baseball Los Angeles Angels Oakland Athletics share World Cup fans find booze at hotels, Qatar's 1 liquor store Qatar's strict rules regarding alcohol have drawn attention as it hosts the World Cup 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Sterling leaves England World Cup camp Elijah Hughes Jersey after home break-in England forward Raheem Sterling has left his teams World Cup camp in Qatar and returned to the U.K. after a break-in at his home 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Grayson Allen Jersey Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 5-2 win 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen's hat trick Georges Niang Jersey The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS

wunderkind Jr. is in the home run column. Witt launched his first career big league home run Tuesday night against the Bruce Brown Jr. Jersey . He went down below the zone to golf a changeup out to left-center field. It was an impre sive piece of hitting.Here is Witt's first career home run:, driving in the game-winning run with a double -- his first career hit -- in the eighth inning. His bat Rodions Kurucs Jersey has been mostly quiet since then, however. Witt, 21, took a .221/.250/.312 batting line into Tuesday's game. Not every top rookie hits the ground running. Sometimes there's an adjustment period.. Here's his write-up:Witt was selected with the No. 2 pick in the 2019 draft, making this the second time he's finished a step behind Rutschman. That's no knock on him, however, as he's a high-grade prospect in his own right. He proved as much by hitting .290/.361/.575 with 33 home runs and 35 doubles acro s Double- and Triple- Brooklyn Nets Jeresy A in his first full profe sional season. There used to be fear that Witt would swing-and-mi s too frequently to maximize his loud offensive tools; those concerns haven't materialized, and he struck out in just 22.5 percent of his Triple-A plate appearances. Brooklyn Nets Hats Factor in an above-average glove, and Witt should accomplish something his father never did over the course of his 16-year big-league career as a pitcher: make an All-Star Game.Tuesday is Witt's second game back in the lineup after sitting out with a wrist contusion. He was hit by a pitch over the weekend and was a late scratch Sunday. The wrist is certainly healthy now though. It takes real strength to drive a baseball that far below the zone over the wall, especially at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals took a 7-14 record into Tuesday' Jarrett Allen Jersey s game. They've lost nine of their last 11 games.

I did not think would be traded this summer. Considering his age, profile and the years of control remaining before he hits free agency -- not to mention the fact that Scott Boras will make sure he hits the market no matter who he's playing for -- I a sumed the price would be exorbitant. It was, but the didn't mind paying it.While it's a hefty price, it's hard to imagine the Padres "losing" this trade in the long run, even if Soto leaves as a free agent in a couple of years. Prospects are nice to Jeff Green Jersey have, but very few of them ever go on to produce what Soto can produce in 2.5 seasons for their careers. And if Soto helps the Padres win a World Series, who cares how the prospects turn out?What would concern me as a Padres fan is that the team is still in the same division as the . Not only are they incredibly talented, but they have a lot more money than I do, and they're also very smart and do an incredible job developing talent. Having , Juan Soto, and a healthy might never be enough to beat them, but what's the alternative? Not trying? There are already far too many teams taking that approach. ...Now let's see if we can win enough bets to sign Juan Soto as a free agent. The Hot Ticket Latest Odds: Los Angeles Dodgers -170 Key Trend: The Dodgers have won six straight against their rivals.The Pick Jordan Bowden Jersey : Dodgers (-170)These two teams have been heading in different directions since the first day of July. On July 1, the Dodgers were 48-28 and 7.5 games ahead of the third-place Giants. Since then, San Francisco has gone 11-18. The Dodgers have posted MLB's best record since July 1, going 22-5. They're now 70-33, 19.5 games ahead of the Giants at 51-53. What we can rely on is that the Dodgers won't show Wilson Chandler Jersey any mercy. I don't like taking heavy favorites like this on the road often, but tonight there's value on the Dodgers. San Francisco starter has done a fantastic job of keeping the ball on the ground and limiting hard contact, but he doesn't mi s a lot of bats. Pitchers who don't mi s bats don't fare well against the Dodgers.Even if Cobb can keep the Dodgers in check, Los Angeles has on the mound tonight, and he's been solid this season. I expect that to continue against a Giants lineup that has performed well against lefties this season but has been struggling lately. . The Picks MLB Latest Odds: Under 8.5 The Pick: Over 8.5 (-105) --This total is a little too low tonight. starts for Pittsburgh and he's not a pitcher any hitter should fear. His strikeout rate of 13.6% is awful and he does not avoid bats. That's not great news considering the weather forecast in Pittsburgh tonight calls for conditions that will be friendlier to hitters.On the other side, Milwaukee's has been somewhat unlucky this year with a 4.42 ERA, but he can only blame bad luck for part of it, as he's allowing plenty of solid contact. With temperatures in the high 80s and wind blowing out, anything hit in the air has a shot to get out.Key Trend:The over is 3-1-1 in the last five meetings in Pittsburgh. Latest Odds: Colorado Rockies +250 The Pick: Rockies (+260) --I mentioned the Padres big trade deadline haul earlier, bringing in Juan Soto and as the headliners of their cla Andre Roberson Jersey s, along with the underrated . Tonight we're going to take advantage of how the market is reacting to those acquisitions, as the Padres are now suddenly an unbeatable juggernaut in the eyes of many. Well, they're not. They're good, but they aren't good enough to be priced where they are tonight, particularly with on the mound. Snell has been pretty average this season. While he has always gotten plenty of strikeouts, he pairs it with far too many walks and a lot of flyball contact. That combo leads to a lot of variance DeAndre Jordan Jersey that can often backfire. Plus, Snell rarely goes deep into games, and considering the Padres bullpen had to work 8.1 innings in yesterday's doubleheader, the Pads could get into trouble late. The Rockies are worth a punt tonight.Key Trend:The Rockies have won eight of the last 10 meetings. . Wyndham Championship Top 10sWe're betting each of the following golfers to finish in the top 10 this weekend. Sebastian Munoz (+500)Mark Hubbard (+650)Kevin Streelman (+650)C.T. Pan (+750)Matthew NeSmith (+900)

Division foes collide when the (22-30) host the (30-22) in the first matchup of a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon. The Cubs had their three-game win streak halted, falling 14-5 to St. Louis on Bob McAdoo Jersey Friday. On the flip side, St. Louis is looking to keep the momentum up. The Cardinals have gone 6-2 in their last eight games. is starting for St. Louis, while the Cubs will start .First pitch is set for 1:20 p.m. ET. Caesars Sportsbook lists Chicago as the slight -115 favorite (risk $115 to win $100) in the latest Cardinals vs. Cubs odds. The over-under for total runs scored is set at nine. Before making any Cubs vs. Cardinals picks, be sure to .The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every game 10,000 times and it is off to Patrick Patterson Jersey a strong start to the 2022 season. It's on a 48-31 roll on top-rated through eight weeks, returning over $1,100 for $100 players. Anyone following it has seen huge returns.Now, the model has set its sights on and just locked in its picks and MLB predictions. You can . Here are several and betting lines and trends for Cardinals vs. Cubs: Cardinals vs. Cubs money line: St. Louis -105, Chicago -115Cardinals vs. Cubs run-line: Chicago +1.5 (-170)Cardinals vs. Cubs over-under: 9 runsCardinals vs. Cubs tickets: STL: Cardinals are 4-1 in their last five overallCHC: Over is 12-2 in Cubs last 14 Saturday games Featured Game Rayjon Tucker Jersey | Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals Moneyline Spread Total CHC STL The Cardinals have been one of the best hitting teams in the league thus far. St. Louis is filled with plenty of dynamic hitters and playmakers. Infielder is a smooth batter with the lineup who owns solid pitch recognition. Donovan has a batting average of .296 with one homer and 10 RBIs. On June 1, he went 2-for-4 with two singles. Infield is a patient, switch-hitter in the lineup. Edman can make consistent contact and is a base-stealing threat. The 27-year-old is tied for secondin the majors in stolen bases (14) along with his teammate . Edman's batting average is .281 with four home runs and 22 RBIs. In his last contest, he went 3-for-5 with three singles and three runs scored.Shortstop owns good judgment of the strike zone with solid instincts at the plate. Hoerner knows how to make constant contact and spread the ball all acro s Landry Shamet Jersey the yard. The 25-year-old also plays stout defense and has sound fundamentals. Hoerner's batting average is .281 with three home runs and 16 RBIs. Third baseman plays good defense and is a stable defender in the corner. The 30-year-old has displayed home-run power with run-producing qualities. Wisdom is tied for 12th in the majors in home runs (12) and tied for 20th in RBIs (31). In his last outing, he went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer.SportsLine's model is leaning over on the total, projecting 10.5 combined runs. It also says one side of the money line has all the value. .So who wins Cubs vs. Cardinals? And which Serge Ibaka Jersey side has all the value? , and find out.