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Cleveland Indians select Manny Acta as new manager with 3-year contract
Cleveland Indians select Manny Acta as new manager with 3-year contract
cleveland.com — New Indians boss turns down an offer to lead the Astros, beats out Bobby Valentine, Torey Lovullo... to replace Eric Wedge. (more) Cleveland Indians select Manny Acta as new manager with ...
Astros' search goes on without Acta
mlb.mlb.com — Now that Manny Acta has been hired by the Cleveland Indians after rebuffing the Astros, the club's... search for a manager continues. (more) Astros' search goes on without Acta
Cleveland Indians sign ex-Washington Nationals manager Manny Acta to 3-year deal
Cleveland Indians sign ex-Washington Nationals manager Manny Acta to 3-year deal
sports.espn.go.com — The Cleveland Indians have hired Manny Acta as their manager.... (more) Cleveland Indians sign ex-Washington Nationals manager ...
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Checking out Bill James Projections for 2010
Red Reporter — ... We're still a week away from the World Series, but now is as good of a time as any to start checking out projections for the 2010 season.  I've gotten my hands on the initial set of Bill James Projections for next season, so I thought I'd share them with you.  The full set of projections will be available with much,  much more in the 2010 Bill James Handbook, which comes out next month and you can pre-order here.  ...

Braves 2009 Season in Review: Kelly Johnson
Sports Page Atlanta — ... I recently got a sneak preview of the 2010 Bill James Handbook, which had some interesting numbers on Kelly Johnson. For the uninitiated, Bill James predicts the numbers for every major league player in his annual. Here are his predictions for last year and next season for Johnson: ...

Bill James Player Projections
Bluebird Banter — ... mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} One of the perks of playing on here is occasionally I'll get some email and once in a blue moon it won't be Viagra spam. One of my favorite reference books that I get at the end of each season is the Bill James Handbook, that comes out now from ...

Braves' Jason Heyward injury update
Sports Page Atlanta — ... As a side note, here is what the 2010 Bill James Handbook predicts for Heyward at the major league level next season: ...

Bill James Player Projections, Part 2
Bluebird Banter — ... Part two of our look at the Bill James Player Projections for our Blue Jay players. These come from  the Bill James Handbook, that will come out soon from   ...

Bill James Handbook Sneak Peak: 2010 Boston Red Sox Projections
Over the Monster — ... If you want to get your hands on Bill James' book, you can visit the ACTA Sports website to buy your own copy (which, of course, includes a whole lot more than what's here after the jump). ...

2010 Bill James Projections: White Sox Hitters
South Side Sox — ... The good people at ACTA Sports provided me a sneak preview at the 2010 Bill James projections, which will be made available the public the the 2010 Bill James Handbook (available next week). ...

Bill James Player Projections, Part 3, the Pitchers
Bluebird Banter — Part three of our look at the Bill James Player Projections for our Blue Jay players, this time we look at the pitchers. Part one is here and part two is here. These come from  the Bill James Handbook, that will come out soon from  ACTA Sports. Roy Halladay 33 Starts, 240 IP, 179 K, 17-10, 3.23 ERA They are expecting him to have basically the same season as this one. A slightly higher ERA than this year and a few less strike outs, but other than that a repeat ...

Taking a look at some early projections
Brew Crew Ball — ... Earlier this week, ACTA Sports sent me a preview of the hitter projections from 2010's Bill James Handbook. Obviously, it's still really early, but I found some of the projections interesting, so I thought I'd pass them along to you. ...

Carl Crawford Wins Fielding Bible Award for Third Time
DRaysBay — ... won the 2009 Fielding Bible Award for left field in an announcement made November 1, 2009, in The Bill James Handbook 2010. This is Crawford's third Fielding Bible Award. ...

Stat of the Week: Fielding Bible Awards
VFTB — THE 2009 FIELDING BIBLE AWARDS have been officially announced after one of the closest races in the history of the award centered around the keystone sack. Second basemen Aaron Hill, Dustin Pedroia and Chase Utley finished with 76, 76 and 73 points respectively, forcing a tie-breaking procedure that awarded Hill his second Fielding Bible Award. One important distinction that differentiates THE FIELDING BIBLE AWARDS from most other baseball awards, such as the Gold Gloves, is that there is only one winner at each position, instead of separate winners for each league. This distinction came into play this year as Jack Wilson, who split his ...

First volley of projections for 2010 Indians
Let's Go Tribe! — ... ACTA Sports has begun taking orders for The Bill James Handbook 2010, which customarily will include James' projections for every major league player.  (Full disclosure:  ACTA occasionally sends me a review copy of one of their books, and I am totally in the bag for them.) ...

Projection Screen
The DiaTribe — In the midst of looking at all of the “who, what, where” of next year, I thought it might be interesting to pass along the first 2010 projections that have emerged for Indians’ players. The projections, which will be the first of many from various sources, are compiled each year by Bill James (who I’m assuming you know by now even if it’s just because he works for the Red Sox, but you can watch this “60 Minutes” piece as a nice intro) among others, for The Bill James Handbook 2010, which is now available from ACTA Sports…no relation to the Tribe skipper, I think. Regardless, the wonderful folks over at ...

Tomahawks from a New Bench
The DiaTribe — While everyone attempts to erase the events of Monday night on the lakefront from their memories, let’s fire a few tomahawks off to cover the latest happenings on The Reservation with a more complete coaching staff, more projections, and some Must-See-TV...let ‘em loose: __________ The Indians’ coaching staff continues to be filled out as Sandy Alomar, Jr., Scott Radinsky, Tim Tolman, and Steve Smith join Tim Belcher on the Tribe bench as the new First Base Coach/catching coordinator (Alomar), bullpen coach (Radinsky), bench coach (Tolman) and Third Base coach/infielder coach (Smith). Following along the idea that the ...

Indians: Tomahawks From A New Bench
Ohio Sports Report — [image] While everyone attempts to erase the events of Monday night on the lakefront from their memories, let's fire a few tomahawks off to cover the latest happenings on The Reservation with a more complete coaching staff, more projections, and some Must-See-TV...let em loose: [image] The Indians' coaching staff continues to be filled out as Sandy Alomar, Jr., Scott Radinsky, Tim Tolman, and Steve Smith join Tim Belcher on the Tribe bench as the new First Base Coach/catching coordinator (Alomar), bullpen coach (Radinsky), bench coach (Tolman) and Third Base coach/infielder coach (Smith). Following ...

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