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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

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LOS ANGELES — The big, scary Dodgers don’t seem so menacing now, do they?

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.

SAN DIEGO — The Padres continued to force the action and continued to win.

ATLANTA — This Braves lineup is special.

Next up: Three games in Pittsburgh before it’s off to London to face the Cardinals.

MILWAUKEE — The Pirates added more prospects than wins to their collective ledger on this road trip, which included series sweeps in Chicago and Milwaukee.

BOSTON — For the second weekend in a row, the Red Sox snatched a series from the Yankees.