...to a two-year contract. Exercised the option on the contract of RHP Curtis Leskanic. PITTSBURGH PIRATES--Named Bill Virdon bench coach. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS--Exercised the 2001 contract option of C Mike Matheny. Announced they have not...

...at first base in becoming the sixth St. Louis player to win the rookie award. The others were Wally Moon (1954), Bill Virdon (1955), Bake McBride (1974), Coleman, and Todd Worrell (1986). Pujols isn't sure where he'll play next...

...x-Orlando Cepeda, San Francisco 1957 - Jack Sanford, Philadelphia 1956 - x-Frank Robinson, Cincinnati 1955 - Bill Virdon, St. Louis 1954 - Wally Moon, St. Louis 1953 - Jim Gilliam, Brooklyn 1952 - Joe Black, Brooklyn 1951 - Willie...

...and keep the manager from losing his mind and sanity." Dierker became the second-winningest Astros manager behind Bill Virdon in five seasons, but Houston went 2-12 in the postseason under Dierker's leadership. Dierker has one year left...

...x-Orlando Cepeda, San Francisco 1957 -- Jack Sanford, Philadelphia 1956 -- x-Frank Robinson, Cincinnati 1955 -- Bill Virdon, St. Louis 1954 -- Wally Moon, St. Louis 1953 -- Jim Gilliam, Brooklyn 1952 -- Joe Black, Brooklyn 1951...