footer.mlblogs.com - 10/28/2009
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Once I learned that Brad Mills was hired as the Astros manager,I reached out to two good friends who have covered the Red Sox for parts or all of the last decade and asked them simply, "What do you...
boston.com - 10/27/2009
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boston.com —
NEW YORK -- While Sox manager Terry Francona
is ecstatic at the news that Brad Mills was...
named the manager of the Houston Astros today, it is also clear that he will have a void to fill on the Red...
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Sox to stay internal for bench coach?
bizofbaseball.com - 10/27/2009
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bizofbaseball.com —
Yesterday, it was Jed Moyer, and today the
picking apart of the Red Sox front office continues....
The Houston Astros have selected Brad Mills as their new manager. The Astros have called a 3p.m. press conference with General Manager Ed Wade, Tal Smith, President, Baseball Operations and Tal ...
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Brad Mills Selected as New Manager of Astros
hardballtimes.com - 30 days ago
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Sean Smith has been kind enough to provide
The Hardball Times with his Total Zone data for...
all minor league players in 2009 (for more information check minorleaguesplits.com ). The Total Zone numbers are produced using play-by-play data and the results are similar to Ultimate Zone Rating (UZR) ...
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Top minor league defensive players of 2009
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Link-O-Rama: Sizemore, Mills, Strasburg
Circling The Bases —
... yesterday to repair the fractured left ankle that he suffered last week while playing in the Arizona Fall League. General manager Dave Dombrowski has indicated previously that Sizemore would be Detroit's starting second baseman if free agent Placido Polanco doesn't return, but before any of that can happen he'll have screws stabilizing his ankle until January. * Alyson Footer of MLB.com has a ton of good photos from the press conference introducing Brad Mills as the Astros' manager. Houston's new skipper will wear uniform No. 2. * Meanwhile, the Red Sox will replace Mills as ...
Thursday Morning Astros, etc. Round Up: Now with bonus fiction
The Crawfish Boxes —
... is awesome. For proof, see her coverage of the Mills signing and press conference. There are very few fan bases with someone giving them this perspective, and I think we should all savor it. Also, if you were on the fence about liking Mills, trying to like Mills, or anything like that, I think the quotes from her Boston-beat-writer-friends might help sway you. ...
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bases.nbcsports.com 10/30/2009 — Manny Acta chose Cleveland over Houston when offered both manager jobs, but the Astros announced this afternoon that they've found a new skipper in Red Sox bench coach Brad Mills. Mills and Terry Francona are longtime friends, playing together first...
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boston.com 10/25/2009 — Two items of interest related to the Red Sox on this sunny Sunday: Now that Manny Acta has been named the manager of the Cleveland Indians, Red Sox bench coach Brad Mills is perhaps a little closer to getting...
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HOUSTON -- Brad Mills is finally getting his chance to run a big-league team.
The 52-year-old Mills was hired by the Astros yesterday after six seasons as Terry Francona's bench coach in Boston. He'll manage in the majors for the first time, thoug...
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