McGwire to Not Talk About the Past On Cards' Bench
424tales.blogspot.com 10/26/2009 — I'm a little late to the party in posting about Mark McGwire joining Tony LaRussa's coaching staff in St. Louis as the hitting instructor, so most of the jokes about juicing the offense and injecting life into the lineup have already been used.  So, I thought I would take a look around the ...

Tigers confirm interest in Cuban defector Chapman
beck.mlblogs.com 10/27/2009 — Jason Beck / MLB.com Add the Tigers to the meeting list for Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman as he talks with Major League teams. Tom Moore, the team's director of international scouting, confirmed a published report that the team has shown interest in ...

Presidents Favor Reining In Athletics Costs but Feel Powerless to Effect Change
chronicle.com 10/27/2009 — A majority of college presidents at the nation's largest athletics programs favor sweeping change to contain the escalating costs associated with big-time college sports, but are hard-pressed to identify an entity that can achieve it. Those are among ...

Minor League Baseball Adds Biddle, Slaughter to Staff
bizofbaseball.com 10/27/2009 — Jeff Biddle and Shanelle Slaughter have joined the Minor League Baseball staff as Director of Athletics & Marketing, Minor League Baseball-Vero Beach LLC and Manager, Special Operations, respectively. Biddle, a native of Dansville, N.Y., joins MiLB after serving as Director of ...

Yanks-Phillies: Great For Media Travel
cnbc.com 10/26/2009 — Posted By: Darren Rovell In the last 20 years, the average distance between two World Series opponents has been 1,040 miles. That's equivalent to about a three-hour plane flight. Get a seven-game series and the flights back and forth can not ...

Memories of 1950 Series remain vivid — Major League Baseball News 10/26/2009
The last time Philadelphia and New York squared off in a Fall Classic, the Yankees had won only half of their 26 World Series titles and the Phillies shared a stadium with the Athletics, but for two long-time baseball people, the 1950 Fall Classic is ...

The All-Time Oakland A's "Oh, **** Why Are They in the Lineup?" Team — Bleacher Report - MLB 10/28/2009
About three months ago I wrote a slideshow that was titled "The Oakland A's All-Time Team" there was a comment that made a suggestion to make the worst everyday starters and pitchers. Well it's time to take a look at the worst starters the A's have ...

Kennedy says he's interested in rejoining A's — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 10/29/2009
Adam Kennedywas one of the final additions to the A's in 2009, but he might be one of the first to join the roster this offseason. The veteran second baseman, who spent most of the year at third for Oakland after coming from Tampa...  ...

Kennedy says he's interested in rejoining A's — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 10/30/2009
Adam Kennedywas one of the final additions to the A's in 2009, but he might be one of the first to join the roster this offseason. The veteran second baseman, who spent most of the year at third for Oakland after coming from Tampa...  ...