blogs.thenewstribune.com - 11/28/2008
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It just seems quiet on the baseball front. Look around hard enough, there’s always tidbits.
Here are a few of interest.
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blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com - 11/26/2008
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Fresh faces are coming to the Mariners from
all corners. An entirely new coaching staff will be...
around next season from the one that began the 2008 campaign. But for some, the coaches coming to Seattle are not new at all. The folks in Dallas know Don ...
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Tidbits on new coaches
seattle.mariners.mlb.com - 12/2/2008
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seattle.mariners.mlb.com —
SEATTLE -- Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik told
reporters on Monday that he has made an offer...
to a free-agent position player and hopes to know something "in the next 24 to 48 hours." He wouldn't name the player, but it isn't Ken Griffey ...
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Mariners make free-agent offer | Mariners.com: News
bleedingblueandteal.com - 11/22/2008
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JJ Putz’s name has been coming up in
trade rumors with the New York Mets all offseason,...
and Tracy Ringolsby of the Rocky Mountain News is just the latest to stoke the hot stove, reporting that the Mets have made a Putz acquisition an offseason ...
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Putz to Mets Rumors/Speculation
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Latest On Raul Ibanez
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... According to Larry LaRue of the Tacoma News Tribune, the Cubs, Mets, and Phillies talked to Raul Ibanez's agent this week. Those three clubs remain high on him. LaRue says the Mariners fielded a call from Ibanez's agent, but he's unlikely to sign because he wants to win and does not want to be a designated hitter. ...
Raul Ibanez still on Mets radar.
24 Hours From Suicide...A Day In The Life of a Met Fan —
The weekend starts and the Hot Stove league does not show any signs of life yet. There is a little blurb that the Mets contacted the agent of Raul Ibanez. Also the Mets have signed a catcher from the Mariners organization named Rene Rivera. Check out the article here
Outfield: Ibanez, Manny, Dye and Dunn
MetsBlog.com —
The Mets, Cubs and Phillies each contacted OF Raul Ibanez last week, according to the New Tribune in Seattle.
Last week, Omar Minaya confirmed that his team has interest in Ibanez, wrote the Daily News.
“We’ve heard very good reports about him, not only as a player, but as a person,” Minaya told the Daily News.
In a Sunday round-up for Baseball Prospectus, John Perrotto believes the Mets could soon become suitors for free-agent OF Manny Ramirez.
Speaking of Ramirez, ...
News: Mets sign C Rene Rivera
MetsBlog.com —
... The Mets signed 25–year-old C Rene Rivera to a minor league deal, according to the News Tribune in Seattle. ...
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mlbtraderumors.com 11/29/2008 — According to Larry LaRue of the Tacoma News Tribune , the Cubs, Mets, and Phillies talked to Raul Ibanez 's agent this week. Those three clubs remain high on him. LaRue says the Mariners fielded a call from Ibanez's agent, but he's ...
Seattle Mariners off Season Report
baseballreflections.com 12/13/2008 — Season Wrap Up Despite having the ninth ranked payroll in the major leagues at $118 million (and bringing the face of their franchise, Ichiro Suzuki , back in the off season), the Mariners still managed to lose 101 games and finish in last place in 2008. Prior to the season, many believed ...
Mariners and Raul Ibanez part ways again
blogs.thenewstribune.com 12/7/2008 — Raul Ibanez will decline binding salary arbitration today and, for the second time in his career, leave the Seattle Mariners.
The ...
Mariners to decide by Tues
boston.com 11/18/2008 — It appears that the Mariners are getting closer to making a decision on their new manager, a choice that has a two-in-seven chance of affecting the Red Sox. Both bench coach Brad Mills and third base coach DeMarlo Hale met...
Possible Adrian Beltre Suitors
bleedingblueandteal.com 12/8/2008 — Adrian Beltre is a great player. He is possibly the most underrated Seattle Mariners player in recent years, with Mike Cameron being his only challenger in my mind. You can make a strong argument that Beltre is the best defensive third baseman in ...
Is Moving Johjima Possible?
bleedingblueandteal.com 11/29/2008 — The consensus is that Kenji Johjima is an untradeable player. I mostly agree, but I think there might be a few matches out there in which a bad contract swap could make sense. One of them is with the Boston Red Sox.
The Boston Herald’s ...
Mariners Blog | The Seattle Times
blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com 12/18/2008 — raullast.jpg Just got done talking to Raul Ibanez for the first time since he left the Mariners and signed a three-year, $31.5 million deal with the Phillies. Ibanez said his decision came down to wanting to play for a competitive team right away. The ...
Mariners-Yankees Talking Trade?
bleedingblueandteal.com 12/29/2008 — I’m a bit late on this one, but apparently Peter Gammons was on ESPN Radio Christmas morning reporting that the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners have been in trade talks regarding Yankee DH/LF Hideki Matsui and Mariner LHSP Erik Bedard. ...
News: Mets sign C Rene Rivera
metsblog.com 12/2/2008 — The Mets signed 25–year-old C Rene Rivera to a minor league deal, according to the News Tribune in Seattle.
Rivera was batting .227 with a .252 OBP in 53 major-league at bats with the Mariners.
Mets scout 'Red' Murff dies at 87 (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 11/29/2008
John Robert "Red" Murff, the New York Mets scout who discovered Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan, died Friday in a Tyler nursing home. He was 87. Bill McMillion, a spokesman for Burks-Walker-Tippit Funeral Directors, confirmed the death. McMillion said ...
Top Mets Turkeys Of All Time (Part Two) —
Bleacher Report - MLB 11/28/2008
Yesterday, we covered part one of the all-time Mets Turkeys, those Mets who were supposed to do great things, but didn't. Today we cover part two, once again in no particular order.
Bobby Valentine
Don't buy into this revisionist ...
