European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pace 34 stars and stripes tuesday april 3 2007 american league East division w l pet go Baltimore 0 0 000 Boston 0 0 000 new York 0 0 000 Tampa Bay o o 000 Toronto 0 0 000 Central division Chicago 0 0 000 Cleveland 0 0 000 Detroit 0 0 000 Kansas cry 0 0 000 Minnesota o 0 000 West division los Angeles 0 0 000 Oakland 0 0 000 Seattle 0 0 000 Texas 0 0 000 sundays games no games scheduled mondays games Toronto at Detroit Tampa Bay at by Yankees Cleveland at Chicago White sox Boston at Kansas City Oakland at Seattle Baltimore at Minnesota Texas at la Angels tuesdays games Baltimore Cabrera 910 at Minnesota bonser76 Oakland Blanton 1612 at Seattle Wash Burn 814 Texas Padilla 1510 at la Angels Esco bar 1114 wednesdays games Tampa Bay at by Yankees Toronto at Detroit Cleveland at Chicago White sox Texas at la Angels Baltimore at Minnesota Boston at Kansas City Oakland at Seattle National 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brings renewed Hopes by Ronald Blum the associated press Terry Francona sat in the dugout at Kansas cites Kauf Finan stadium on a warm sunny sunday and expressed the feelings of most baseball fans opening Day is 24 hours away the bos ton red sox manager said if youre not optimistic youre crazy but i think we have a legitimate reason to be optimistic we think weve got a pretty Good team enough of the practice in Florida and Arizona if s time to play Ball for real after getting the final out of last year the St Louis cardinals began the Long season sunday night when they hoisted the world series Flag and then lost 61 to the new York team they beat in the no championship series before blowing out Detroit for the title Twenty six More teams were set to open monday leaving the san Francisco giants and san Diego padres to get under Way tues Day when Barry Bonds resumes his Chase for Hank Aarons Home run record you slow Down with age youve got to manage yourself a Little bit better said the 42yearold Bonds who needs 21 homers to reach Aarons career Mark of 755 dont think anythings going different than in the years past while he has to wait a Day More aces will be on display monday than at a Las vegas Casi no table among the Stellar starters Are Minne sofas Johan Santana Toronto Roy Halladay Atlanta John Smoltz and arizonans Brandon Webb by Young award winners All and then theres Carl Pavano who will face some potentially hostile fans when he starts for new York in Yankee stadium it will be the first major league appearance since june 27 2005 for Pavano hell be their first opening Day starter who didst Start in the majors the previous year since Hippo Vaughn Tribune co plans to sell cubs by Dave Carpenter the associated press Chicago Tribune co said it plans to sell the Chicago cubs at the end of the 2007 baseball season putting one of its most Valu Able assets on the Block As it simultaneously announced monday that real estate magnate Sara Zell was acquiring the Media conglomerate analysts have estimated that the cubs could fetch million or More Tribune bought the team in 1981 for the cubs have been an important part of Tribune for Ino Rethan 25years and Are one of the franchises in allow sports said Dennis it Simons Tribune chairman president and chief executive of our Las season of ownership the team has one Missioni and fat is to 1 Tribune said the company 25 percent in Terest in co cast  would be part of the Sale package the cubs strength As a sports franchise and the lure of potentially steering them to their first championship since has attracted the interest of Many potential buy ers billionaire entrepreneur Mark cuban actor Bill Murray and columnist George Winlare among those rumoured to have inter est along Toth numerous Chicago business figures i Jerry a clanged Chakmanoff fee nabs Phoenix Jown Erpf  suns and baseballs Arizona diamondbacks Tressin november that buying his franchise if Fth came available arid had already held pre luminary Inard in 1910 according to the Elias sports Bureau Back when the team was called the Highland ers in excited cant wait after what Ive been through i expect great things Pavano said sunday before the Yankees worked out on a Damp Chilly Day in the Bronx i just think a lot of things were a string of bad Luck if s been a Long time coming to get me out there feeling the Way i do monday will feature the return to the majors of Sammy Sosa who took 2006 off Hes with the Texas rangers his original team and will open at the los Angeles Angels in ready said the 38yearold Sosa who needs 12 homers to reach 600 1 had a Good Spring training the whole thing coming Back now to the season i know in ready to go for it commissioner Bud Selig Doest know whether hell be at the Ballpark when and if Bonds hits no 755 but he did plan to be in Chi Cago when the White sox opened against Cleveland Detroit starts the defense of its first Al title since 1984 at Home sending Jere my Bonderman to the Mound opposed by Hal Laday if s a Good time to be a Tiger Detroit Man Ager Jim Leyland said were a team that s talked about weve got some respect obviously i like the fact that people Are expecting us to do something Ive gone to too Many Spring trainings where everybody said Well youve got no Chance i dont know How were going to do but this is Good pressure opener cardinals raise 2006 world series Banner opener from Back Page the festivities featured Hall of Farmers Stan Musial Bob Gibson Lou Brock and red schoendienst an appearance by the Budweiser clydesdales and a convertible motorcade mat passed the Champion ship trophy near Home plate manager Tony la Russa arrested during Spring training on a Drunken driving charge was greeted warmly by a crowd of 45429 at Busch stadium where every game has been a sellout since the Ballpark opened last year the Day was Beautiful the fans were receptive la Russa said i was overwhelmed the game belonged to the mets behind the 41yearold Glavine a defense that made several spar Kling plays and a 12bit attack that spanked Ace Chris Carpen Ter the mets turned four double plays the biggest when second baseman Jose Valentin snared Scott Rolens smash up the mid dle with the bases loaded to end the eighth the cardinals had three hits a walk and a hit Batter in the sixth but settled for Ecksteine rib Dou ble Yadier Molina ended the in Ning by breaking Bis Bat on an in Field Popup with the bases loaded i think we did a lot to end up with one run la Russa said that Ball Scott bits gets through its 53 with men on first and third Tom St Louis Yadier Molina shatters his Bat with the bases loaded sunday during the sixth inning against the new York mets in St Louis Glavine patiently watched the cardinals championship Celebration realizing that his team Coul Dve been the one partying be fore helping get the new year off right unlike some mets who seemed to pay More attention to stretching and Outfield sprints Glavine had a sense of appreciation theres no question for us As a group that it was a Little bit of a disappointment that it want us Glavine said it could have very easily been us but it want maybe if s the kind of thing that you watch and know that when the season is Over for us that s what we want to be doing Glavine counted on to Lead the mets rotation while Pedro Martinez recovers from shoulder sur Gery allowed one run and six hits in six innings before Pedro Feli Ciano Joe Smith Aaron Heilman and Billy Wagner finished in not totally thrilled with it Glavine said the Good part was when i had to make some pitches i did Carpenter who led the major leagues with a 181 Era at Home last year retired his first five Bat ters then allowed the mets to go 9for15 with a sacrifice and a walk against him the next 2vs innings after the second inning the location of my fastball just want very Good Carpenter said i was trying to go in on those righthand ers and leaving the Ball in the mid dle of the plate this int the Way i wanted to Start but ill go get them in five Days Delgados opposite Field two run double High off the Loftfield Wall put the mets ahead in the third and new York made it 50 in the fourth on to Ducas two out single and an rib single by Beltran Loduca added a run scoring single in the ninth off Brad Thompson notes there was a moment of silence to Mark the recent deaths of former commissioner Bowie Kuhn longtime cardinals Gener Al manager Bing Devine and mis Souri sen Thomas Eagleton the mets Are 2917 on opening Day for a 603 winning percent age Best in major league history the cardinals and mets opened for the first time since 1996 la Russas first season in St Louis Glavine has won three straight opening Day starts and is 53 with a 370 Era in eight openers Hes the first visit ing starter to win the opener in St Louis since John Burkett of the giants in 1993 Carpenter is 21 in four opening Day starts Eck Stein was 3for4 and is 10for28 357 in seven openers