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Will wind up winning the 2011 world series but thanks to one sluggers big time performance at the plate last night, it is already clear that the record book is in need of a serious update. heres cynthia bowers. >> second straight year, game three of the world series... >> reporter: on baseballs biggest stage, albert pujols had the world series biggest night. he got another! how about three on the night? >> reporter: in just four hours the st. louis cardinals slugger tied three all-time records a...

>> to see this happen now is an embarrassment. >> reporter: dodgers legend steve garvey would like to buy the team with a group of investors. >> there can only be a dark cloud over a historic franchise for so long. >> reporter: a storied franchise embroiled in drama, right out of a hollywood script. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. norio ohga was not a household name in this country, but his death in japan today is worth noting because of his vision. in the 1970s, he believed that somet...

>> couric: plenty of pro athletes are in it just for the money but gil mesh is at the other extreme. hes a pitcher with a sore right shoulder who stood to make $12 r llion this year with the kansas city royals. even if he couldnt throw, hed get the money just for showing up, but instead he retired last week and wont get another dime. mesh told the "new york times" if he couldnt earn his pay, he didnt deserve it. in miami its mystery solved. for weeks the big question was who put this grand piano...

A jug like this? senator dianne feinstein wanted it in the underlying bill. she didnt get it. we are expecting that shes going to have a vote on an amendment to include the bpa ban. its one of those wait and see what happens. we dont know exactly if thats going to be pushed through in the senate. >> good stuff. brianna, good to see you. thank you. we go down on the farm in iowa next hour. a live look at the many safeguards in egg production. get more information on all thins food by logging on...

Promotional materials. still a lot of nikes retail partners say they expect it to sell well in 2010 with or without tiger. you have to take into account for nike, tiger has taken a leave of absence, an indefinite break from the sport. so they dont want a guy whos not even playing as the front man for their clubs. for now, tiger woods not part of nikes marketing campaign. check out this video from baseball. the dominican republic in a winter league, former major league all-star jose offerman wh...

Swinging with a wooden bat. you just cant do that. >> what do we call him in boston? >> jose awful man. >> everything you need to know. former florida quarterback and heisman trophy winner tim tebow and his mother, were told, will appear in a 30-second commercial during the super bowl next month. the commercial is said to be an anti-abortion message chronicle pam tebows 1987 pregnancy. she got sick during a mission trip to the philippines and ignored a recommendation by doctors to abort her fi...

Got into that state house dinner. he tells us he was invited. you be the judge. the man who dug up the dirt on hear reid and sarah palin from the bombshells of her sizzling new book. next on "larry king live." good evening, a little bit of breaking news of our own. about 35 minutes before air time, we received word from jose consecu, the former baseball star, saying, quote, i am having a breakdown. i cannot emotionally do it, meaning this program. i am emotionally drained. i am tired of defe...

The players coming out, and we felt good this summer. but how do you feel now? we will look back at the year that likely saved baseball and you know, that summer actually didnt happen. and a violent hit-and-run caught on camera. you will see it play out and police right now need your help. lets go with the ah...

Captivated the nation on live tv. he and his wife faces a 20-day jail term for a false report, her sentence starts after his ends. the couple must also pay up to $48,000 for the rescue efforts to get the balloon down safely. mark mcgwire is finally coming clean, admitting he was on steroids when he broke baseballs home run record in 1998. mcgwire said he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade. in 2005, mcgwire refused to answer questions during a congressional hearing into steroid abuse....

Steroid use but many years of steroid use, but where he didnt go far enough according to a lot of people making the linkage between performance. he claims the same player without steroids as he was with them. thats hard for most people to believe given we now have a quarter century of known steroid use among professional athletes who put up mind boggling performan performances. >> how does all this link to his new job as a batting coach? >> well, he really did need to come out and admit the usag...