seattle.mariners.mlb.com - 11/11/2008
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SEATTLE -- One thing's certain about the Mariners' managerial search: Whoever gets the job will be handling it on the Major League level for the first time. > But, as Seattle general manager Jack Zduriencik said after launching his interview process Monday, experience in a big league hot seat ...
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Redbird Rants | A St. Louis Cardinals Blog —
The Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series less than two weeks ago, and yet it seems like we haven’t watched baseball in months. This is the time of year that I have to suffer through the other professional sports, getting by on college football, and counting the days until pitchers and catchers report. I share this sentiment:
“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” - Rogers Hornsby
If you’re anything like me, you spend a ton of time each winter day scouring the internet for the latest baseball news, hoping your team made a splash in the free agent ...
Armistice Notes
Viva El Birdos —
... Jose is interviewing for the Seattle job. This is really weird, for me. It seems like ever since Jose Oquendo became the third base coach his eventual rise to Cardinals manager has been one of the most established bits of common knowledge among in-the-know Cardinals fans. All I can say is that if you believe in the idea of the Secret Weapon as a sort of Dave Duncan for infield defense you have to hope that he gets a chance to work with Brett Wallace before he gets a top job somewhere else. ...
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6-4-2.blogspot.com 11/19/2008 — The Seattle Times reports that the Mariners have hired Don Wakamatsu as their new manager. USSM is pleased with the move:
... I still think we should be encouraged by this hiring. Not necessarily because we have any reason to think that Wakamatsu ...
No news is no news in GM search
blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com 10/22/2008 — I was talking to a friend of one of the Mariners' four candidates for the Seattle general manager's job Monday night, trying to gauge what is happening.
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 ...
Some Managerial Candidates Surface
bleedingblueandteal.com 11/4/2008 — Hickey :
There is a chance Zduriencik will interview managerial candidates this week, but he said he’s more likely to make those calls after the GM meetings are over.
One of his prime candidates, former Oakland skipper Ken Macha, was taken ...
Red Sox coaches draw interest —
Major League Baseball News 11/10/2008
In the recent past, when the topic of managerial vacancies came up, Red Sox manager Terry Francona would always wonder why his bench coach Brad Mills never seemed to get an interview. That all changed Monday, when Mills was in Seattle interviewing for ...
