Jimmy Crooks, the St. Louis Cardinals' top catching prospect, has some added exposure as a non-roster invitee this spring training as he nears the majors.

But then Molina comes from a baseball pedigree too. His father was a second baseman in Puerto Rican baseball, and his brothers were also into baseball. Yadier Molina might not earn the respect of ...

Dan has written 41 books and more than 25,000 articles about baseball. Yadier Molina, looking more paunchy than he did during his heyday as catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, made several ...