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“I was always a little disappointed because I was supposed to help the Cubbies win that first World Series, and it didn’t quite happen,” McGriff said. “So that one stings a little bit.”

He had some memorable performances at Major League Baseball games.

ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals returned from their European excursion with a daunting homestand waiting for them in St. Louis with the defending World Series champion Houston Astros the first foe knocking at their door.

The “gift” was immediately tossed to the floor by the five-time World Series champion and former captain of the Yankees.

The five-time World Series champion will make his much-anticipated first appearance with Fox after joining the network in February.

He appeared in the 1981 World Series with the New York Yankees and helped the Cubs win their first division title in 1984 before becoming a world champion with the Minnesota Twins in 1987.

Oklahoma has announced that former pitcher George Frazier, a World Series champion who had a nearly three-decade run as a television broadcaster, has died at age 68

David Freese played a starring role to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to World Series glory in 2011, but the former third baseman declined the opportunity to be inducted into the team's Hall of Fame

ARLINGTON, Texas — Bruce Bochy tends to speak with conviction. He doesn’t dabble much in exaggeration, and he doesn’t say things just to say them. Maybe that’s the mark of a veteran manager. His three World Series rings and a couple thousand career victories sure help give some credence, too.