METZ, France - Second-seeded Gael Monfils of France and third-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany advanced to the quarterfinals of the Moselle Open on
Thursday.
Kendall Reyes Jersey .Monfils overcame a slow start before beating Michal Przysiezny of Poland 7-5, 6-1, and faced either
seventh-seeded Jerzy Janowicz of Poland or veteran Jarkko Nieminen of Finland
next.Przysiezny, ranked 136th, broke Monfils opening service game and held for
2-0, but Monfils broke straight back.Kohlschreiber had 12 aces in a 6-3, 7-5 win
against Italys Paolo Lorenzi and next plays Germanys Jan-Lennard Struff, who did
not face a single break-point in a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 win against No. 5 Jeremy
Chardy of France.No. 6 Joao Sousa of Portugal and No. 8 David Goffin of Belgium
also reached the last eight.
Charles Mann Jersey . The Kings have gone 6-0-3 over their last nine games despite having been held to three goals or
fewer in eight of 10 contests this month. Los Angeles has failed to score more
than two goals six times in that span.
Sonny Jurgensen Redskins Jersey .C. -- Axel Blomqvist scored the winner at 16:40 of the third period as the Victoria Royals
edged the Kelowna Rockets 3-2 on Tuesday in Western Hockey League action.Whether
they end up winning or losing the World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals are one
of Major League Baseballs model franchises. They have an outstanding farm system
that keeps grinding out prospects year after year and the fan base is one of the
most rabid and loyal in all of baseball. It wasnt always so, though. In the late
40s and early 50s, the team went through a financial crisis that almost resulted
in the team moving out of town. Though successful on the field in the 40s (four
World Series appearances and three victories), Cards owner Sam Breadon was
determined to build his own ballpark. Since 1920, the Redbirds had been renting
Sportsmans Park from St. Louiss other team, the Browns. Breadon had set aside $5
million to construct his own facility. However, there was a five year limit for
him to get this done before he would be facing some severe tax ramifications.
Unable to find the land for a new ballpark, he wound up selling the Cardinals to
Fred Saigh and his partner Robert Hannegan. Things continued to deteriorate
under this duo, though, and by 1949 and in poor health; Hannegan was forced to
sell his share of the team back to Saigh. The Cardinals slide on field went on
unabated and by 1953, Saigh had to put the club up for sale. There were no local
buyers stepping forward to purchase the club, so Saigh listened to offers from
Houston and Milwaukee interests. He ultimately struck a deal with a Milwaukee
group for $4 million to buy the team. That wasnt the end of it, though. A group
of owners got together and vetoed the Milwaukee deal, instead pressuring Saigh
to sell the club to beer baron "Gussie" Busch of Anheuser-Busch fame who vowed
to keep the team in St. Louis. Saighs take was $3.75 millionn - less than he
would have made had the team gone to Milwaukee.
Trent Murphy Redskins Jersey. The Busch owned Cardinals ended up buying Sportsmans Park from the cash strapped Browns and they
ended up moving themselves to Baltimore in 1954. After winning the World Series
in 1946, the Cards did not win again until 1964, when they defeated the Yankees.
As for Fred Saigh, he wound up going to prison for five months of a15 months
sentence for Federal income tax evasion. After he was released from prison,
Saigh went back into private business and amassed a large block of
Anheuser-Busch stock. In fact, he became the second-largest stock holder in the
company next to the Busch family itself. By the time he passed away at age 94,
Fred Saigh was worth $500 million. He left $70 million of that to charity,
establishing the Fred Saigh Foundation. Though Fred Saigh may have been the
Cardinals worst owner, in a way he helped ensure the Cardinals would win the
battle for the fans affections with the Browns and helped make St. Louis a one
team town by selling the team even if somewhat reluctantly to Gussie Busch. A
few weeks ago, I wrote about next year being the 100th anniversary of Wrigley
Field. I wondered if anyone was still alive from the last time the Cubs
appeared in the World Series. It turns out there is one player left. That mans
name is Lenny Merullo. He is 96 years old and played in three of the games of 45
Series. Lenny Merullo went on to become head scout with the Cubs from 1950 to
1972 and one of his grandsons Matt played for six years in the Majors, mainly
with the White Sox. Heres hoping hes still around for the Cubs big celebration
next year and is well enough to make an appearance at Wrigley.
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