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MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports: Mike Hargrove wants to manage Cleveland again
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Mattingly may be ready to step up to the plate in managerial position http://bit.ly/3ywRAK 10/18/2009 |
Odds & Ends: Mattingly, La Russa, Kikuchi
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... Dodgers' hitting coach Don Mattingly tells Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe that he is ready to be a manager. Donnie Baseball expects to be interviewed for openings and would strongly consider accepting one if he is given such an offer. ...
Cafardo On Drew, Reynolds, Gonzalez
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... In his piece on Don Mattingly's interest in a managerial position, the Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo brings us some nuggets of information from around the majors: ...
10/19 - There May Not Be Stupid Questions, But There Sure Are Some Stupid Answers
Over the Monster —
... a flame war (although, I will say that it is weird to be a conservative* and like the Sox). The article is well-written, and describes the parallel better than most could. It also shows the weird connection that baseball and politics has always had.
*Yes, conservative. Not Republican. Right now, I need that difference to exist, because the GOP is being way too stupid for me to support them.
Looking back, looking forward - Chad Finn's Touching All The Bases
Mattingly may be ready to step up to the plate in managerial position - The Boston ...
Mike Hargrove wants to manage Cleveland again
MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports —
... are looking for a new manager and Mike Hargrove would apparently like to be considered for the gig, according to the Boston Globe. ...
Red Sox going after Padres' Adrian Gonzalez?
MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports —
... this off-season via trade, according to the Boston Globe. The team supposedly thought about grabbing Gonzalez at the trading deadline. ...
Adrian Gonzalez and Stephen Drew
Fenway West - A Boston Red Sox Blog —
... Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe thinks the Red Sox might go after first baseman Adrian Gonzalez of the San Diego Padres and move Youk back to third. This would give Tito the option of DHing Lowell or Ortiz. He also thinks the Red Sox will look hard at J.D. Drew's brother Stephen Drew for the shortstop position. Here's a look at some numbers for each from this past season: ...
A best of three division series?
Circling The Bases —
There's been an awful lot of talk about extending the division series from five to seven games recently. The Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo suggests doing the opposite : With the season getting too long, how about cutting the Division Series from five to three games and the League Championship Series from seven to five games? Teams with the best pitching would be rewarded in the Division Series because they'd be able to use their top three starters. Of course, there would always be upsets, which is fine, too . . . Baseball should not reduce its regular season from 162 games - you ...
Manager Mattingly
Pinstripe Alley —
... Donnie Baseball would entertain offers to manage:
"It depends,’’ he said. "I don’t want to go anywhere that doesn’t want to win. I’ve been around this game now long enough and played for and coached some very good teams, so you want a team that’s on the verge of making the playoffs.
Mattingly is already being linked to the Indians and the Astros, but neither of those teams seem 'on the verge of making the playoffs.' The Indians were as bad as the ...
Long weekend costs Mark Reynolds millions
AZ Snakepit —
Long weekend costs Mark Reynolds millions
The Boston Globe reports that Mark Reynolds missed being a 'super two' by three days of service time. This is important, because it means he does not qualify for arbitration this winter - if he had, it would ...
And so the Mattingly stories begin
The LoHud Yankees Blog —
... that Mattingly is among those who has interviewed for the Indians job. The Boston Globe has talked to Mattingly about the possibility of looking for a job outside of Los Angeles, where he’s currently the Dodgers hitting coach. ...
Diamondbacks get lucky: Reynolds misses arbitration cutoff
Circling The Bases —
... , it was sure to go right down to the wire. As it turned out, Mark Reynolds' two years and 138 days of service time wasn't quite enough to make him a "super-two" arbitration eligible player. This year's cutoff was two years, 141 days . Under the rules of MLB, players with between three and six years of service time, as well as the top one-sixth of players with between two and three years, qualify for arbitration after every season. Those top one-sixth are known as "super-two" players, and that one rule is why we've seen teams so cautious about promoting prospects in ...
