Archive for October, 2006
Baird hired as assistant to Red Sox GM
Former Royals general manager Allard Baird was hired by the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday as an assistant to GM Theo Epstein.
Baird held the job with the Royals from June 2000 until he was fired on May 31.
The 44-year-old executive was hired last July as a special assignment scout for the Red Sox after spending [...]
Posted: October 31st, 2006.
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Baird hired as assistant to Red Sox GM (AP)
Former Royals general manager Allard Baird was hired by the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday as an assistant to GM Theo Epstein. Baird held the job with the Royals from June 2000 until he was fired on May 31. The 44-year-old executive was hired last July as a special assignment scout for the Red Sox [...]
Posted: October 31st, 2006.
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Feds: Agent illegally smuggled Cuban baseball players (AP)
An agent for baseball players illegally smuggled Cuban players into the United States, eventually shipping them to California in hopes that they would be signed by major league teams, federal immigration officials said Tuesday. The agent, Gustavo “Gus” Dominguez, is charged with paying four aides to transport the athletes and other Cubans to the U.S.
Posted: October 31st, 2006.
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Are expanded playoffs good for MLB?
The Tigers were a wild card. The Cardinals benefitted from a weak division. Were these the best two teams in baseball? Dayn Perry discusses the down side of the expanded playoff format at a time when wild cards and other mediocrities often end up as World Series champions.
Posted: October 31st, 2006.
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Wakefield gets 13th year with Boston
Tim Wakefield is looking forward to his 13th season with the Boston Red Sox, with or without his favorite catcher.
The club exercised its $4 million option on the knuckleballer on Monday, two days after Doug Mirabelli, who handled the fluttering pitch for most of the last five seasons, filed for free agency.
“I’d love to see [...]
Posted: October 30th, 2006.
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Knuckleballer gets 13th year with Boston
Tim Wakefield is looking forward to his 13th season with the Boston Red Sox, with or without his favorite catcher.
The club exercised its $4 million option on the knuckleballer on Monday, two days after Doug Mirabelli, who handled the fluttering pitch for most of the last five seasons, filed for free agency.
“I’d love to see [...]
Posted: October 30th, 2006.
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Knuckleballer gets 13th year with Boston (AP)
Tim Wakefield is looking forward to his 13th season with the Boston Red Sox, with or without his favorite catcher. The club exercised its $4 million option on the knuckleballer on Monday, two days after Doug Mirabelli, who handled the fluttering pitch for most of the last five seasons, filed for free agency.
Posted: October 30th, 2006.
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Red Sox sign RHP Timlin, exercise club option on RHP Wakefield (SportsTicker)
BOSTON (Ticker) - The Boston Red Sox brought back a pair of reliable veterans arms.
Posted: October 30th, 2006.
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Road to redemption (Yahoo! Sports)
ST. LOUIS – Jeff Weaver’s improbable title-clinching victory was the tearful end of the Cardinals’ long journey of vindication.
Posted: October 28th, 2006.
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La Russa earns a second ring and his first real parade (AP)
Tony La Russa is finally going to get his parade. The man who joined Sparky Anderson as the only managers in 130 or so years of major league baseball to have won a World Series in both leagues doesn’t know the time, date or place. Yet. Finding out the details, frankly, won’t even cross his [...]
Posted: October 27th, 2006.
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