lookoutlanding.com - 10/26/2009
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This should be good.
McGwire: See, what you want to be doing is hitting dingers. McGwire: When you go up there, first pitch, you're looking dead red so you can hit a dinger. McGwire: Sometimes you're gonna miss. That's okay. Stick to your guns. There's no more efficient way of scoring than ...
mlb.fanhouse.com - 10/25/2009
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by Pat Lackey Mark McGwire will end his
baseball exile this afternoon and accept a position with...
the St. Louis Cardinals as their hitting coach, a Cardinal source confirmed this afternoon to FanHouse's Ed Price. He'll replace Hal McRae, who's held ...
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Mark McGwire Cardinals' New Hitting Coach
mlb.mlb.com - 10/25/2009
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By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com 10/25/09 4:47 PM
ET Tony La Russa was expected to return as...
the Cardinals' skipper, but he could have a new hitting coach in slugger Mark McGwire. According to ESPN.com's Buster Olney, La Russa has signed a multi-year ...
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McGwire could become next hitting coach
bizofbaseball.com - 10/25/2009
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bizofbaseball.com —
Twitter can be a fantastic tool for breaking
news, and this may be one of those cases....
Brian McRae posted the following on Twitter, and then pulled it shortly after, but not before several re-tweeted the news: My dad is out as Cards hitting coach (Hal McRae).....McGwire is in! (as in ...
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Report: Mark McGwire the New Hitting Coach for the Cardinals
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Viva El Birdos —
... 's newsletter. (As funny as it can be to think of Mark McGwire, one of the unique hitting talents of all time, suggesting an approach for ...
The Morning After – October 26. a.k.a Day 1 of Favre @ Green Bay Madness
Sparty and Friends —
... Time for the Link-a-lot:
Sparty must be in a happy mood. I wonder why… (expect some major gloating later today). No shame to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. They really gave it their all but in the end, Andy Pettite made his mark on the postseason, and possibly book his Hall of Fame induction. Btw, found it interesting that the honorary American League President (Jackie Autry of the Angels) awarding it to Hal Steinbrenner.
Ok, insert your Big Mac joke in 3… 2… 1…
I hope this guy will keep Albert ...
Lookout Landing: The Return of Mark McGwire
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
... —The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Lookout Landing: The Return of Mark McGwire Think of this as an advance record of his first session with batters. ...
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Baseball Analysts —
... Acta seems to say all the right things and it's not hard to see why Shapiro might like him. Now that Acta takes over a club that was just a game away from the World Series in 2007 (albeit without the two Game 1 World Series starters, but still...), Acta should have a chance to prove his open-mindedness can generate results.
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The St. Louis Cardinals' choice to bring on McGwire as their Hitting Coach has predictably drawn criticism and also some wisecracks.
I'm inclined to give McGwire a chance. He saw a ton of pitches every season ...
Tuesday Banterings
Bluebird Banter —
... thousand words without really saying anything.
And also in the Post, if you want to cry for Rogers Corp., now would be the appropriate time. Profits were down 2% in the last quarter compared to a year ago. Yep, profits were only $485 Million in the quarter that ended September 30.
And in other MLB news, the St. Louis Cardinals have hired Mark McGwire to be their hitting coach. I'd make fun of this but Lookout Landing beat me to it. And were funnier than I'd be.
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Lunchtime Prowl: Sizemore's Ankle, Guillen for Pierre, the Second Base Dilemma, and Trading Closers
Bless You Boys —
... by the way, just had surgery to remove bone chips from his pitching elbow.
This might be a theme. Sam Mellinger thinks the Kansas City Royals should look into trading their closer, Joakim Soria. As he puts it, "What good is that fine scotch if you don't drink it?"
With the news that Tony La Russa might hire Mark McGwire as the St. Louis Cardinals' hitting coach, Lookout Landing imagines how a coaching session with McGwire might go.
The ...
Wednesday's Frosty Mug
Brew Crew Ball —
... As you may have heard, Mark McGwire is coming out of hiding to return to the Cardinals as hitting coach. Lookout Landing speculates on how his first meeting with Skip Schumaker might go. ...
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duelingcouches.blogspot.com 10/26/2009 — Mark McGwire, the former Cardinals slugger, will replace Hal McRae, who has been fired as hitting coach, a source told ESPN. McGwire has decided to come back from an 8 year hiatus to help the Cardinals out. What is going to agrivate me the most about this whole thing is that when McGwire comes ...
Mark McGwire Cards' New Hitting Coach
mlb.fanhouse.com 10/26/2009 — by Pat Lackey Mark McGwire will end his baseball exile and accept a position with the St. Louis Cardinals as their hitting coach, a Cardinals source confirmed to FanHouse's Ed Price Sunday afternoon. He'll replace Hal McRae, who's held the position ...
Mark McGwire Hired as Hitting Coach
cardsclubhouse.com 10/26/2009 — I know people are skeptical about this... But I have a hard time believing management would hire the guy if they thought all he could bring was a 'how to hit ball far' strategy. Fact is that the majority of these hitters have their own routines and ...
Mark McGwire Cards' New Hitting Coach
mlb.fanhouse.com 10/25/2009 — by Pat Lackey Filed under: Cardinals , NL Central Mark McGwire will end his baseball exile and accept a position with the St. Louis Cardinals as their hitting coach, a Cardinals source confirmed to FanHouse's Ed Price Sunday afternoon. He'll ...
Mark McGwire’s Five-Step Approach To Hitting
clubseatsports.com 10/27/2009 — If I had to guess, I think this is what McGwire’s Five-Step Approach To Hitting would probably look like:
Rule #1: It’s all about the beard
In order to become a great hitter, you need to have a perfectly manscaped, red goatee. If you don’t have red hair, die it. Can’t grow it? Glue on a fake one.
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SFGate: Top Sports Stories
With all due respect to Quarterback Roulette, the stealth big story of the day is a report that Mark McGwire is about to become a public figure again. Yes, "report," from the German for "Believe nothing until further notice," but with Tony La Russa ...
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SFGate: Top Sports Stories
Mark McGwire might have taken a baby step toward the Hall of Fame by returning to the public eye as the St. Louis Cardinals' hitting coach. He might take a bigger step if he acknowledges he used performance-enhancing drugs (beyond androstenedione) to ...
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