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True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP Joe Torre telepathically tells Don Mattingly that he didn't have any professional managing experience before he got his first MLB managing gig. Browse more photos » The topic of the moment at Dodger Thoughts is manager heir-apparent Don Mattingly and whether or not his lack of professional managing experience is an issue. At some point it occurred to...
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Big Cat Country (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
More photos » by John Russell - AP Jack... You have to hold this team together... Browse more photos » Quote of the week: "We can't run. We can't pass. We can't stop the run. We can't stop the pass. We can't kick. Other than that, we're just not a very good football team right now." Bruce Coslet, on the Bengals ' 1997 season Thankfully, the Jaguars are not in the same position...
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post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
By Chuck Finder | 4:40 p.m. Former Pirates infielder Carlos Garcia today was promoted to take both jobs vacated when the club and Perry Hill couldn't reach an agreement, causing the Pirates to exercise his option for 2010 and Hill to return home to his family in Texas hoping to coach again somewhere someday. Garcia, 42, who spent the past two seasons as the club's minor-league infield coordinator,...
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Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
More photos » by Luis Alvarez - AP 11 days ago: FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2009 file photo, Washington Nationals interim manager Jim Riggleman waits in the dugout before the beginning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, FILE) Browse more photos » The last time the Washington Nationals were in the market for a field manager, they settled...
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post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
By Dejan Kovacevic | 12:40 a.m. Monday CINCINNATI -- All the losing done, there is some season-ending stuff at hand: It began yesterday with the best/worst list, it continues this morning with some wrapup numbers in the game story, Frank Coonelly's assessment of payroll and the future of his top baseball me, then Bob Nutting's comments on the season. And it will conclude tomorrow with a rather unusual...
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post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
By Dejan Kovacevic | 3:10 p.m. Friday CINCINNATI -- Four hours to first pitch ... Game: Pirates vs. Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 p.m . Place: Great American Ball Park . Pitching: RHP Daniel McCutchen vs. RHP Justin Lehr . Forecast: 64 degrees, mostly clear . TV: None. Pirates' lineup: A. McCutchen, CF LaRoche, 3B Jones, 1B Doumit, C Milledge, LF Moss, RF Young, 2B Vazquez, SS D. McCutchen, P Reds' lineup:...
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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Because we know you aren't ready to go to bed just yet... With the Pirates looking to end their streak of losing seasons, Manager John Russell described the team's offseason plan this way: "To say what specific area, we'll see what the board holds," Russell said. "I don't know -- is it a left fielder? Is it a second baseman? Is it a pitcher? I don't know. We'll just have to look into...
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post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
By Dejan Kovacevic | 4:05 p.m. Thursday CHICAGO -- Four hours to first pitch ... Game: Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m . Place: Wrigley Field . Pitching: LHP Paul Maholm vs. RHP Jeff Samardzija . Forecast: 58 degrees, lots of rain coming . There would appear to be a very good chance this will not be played. TV: None. Pirates' lineup: Maholm, P Cubs' lineup: Theriot, SS Taguchi, LF Lee, 1B Ramirez,...
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post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
By Dejan Kovacevic | 4:35 p.m. Wednesday CHICAGO -- The Pirates' Charlie Morton finished his 2009 memorably, mowing down the Chicago Cubs for a four-hit shutout in a 4-0 victory this afternoon at Wrigley Field, easily the finest outing of his young career. Morton, pitching off the same mound on which he allowed 10 runs in an inning of Chicago's 17-2 romp Aug. 14, allowed two infield singles out of...
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post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
By Dejan Kovacevic | 5:32 p.m. Tuesday CHICAGO -- John Russell and Joe Kerrigan each expanded on the reasons Zach Duke was lifted one out away from a complete game yesterday, a move received with loud booing by the fans at PNC Park. Russell, asked whether he had any second thoughts 24 hours later: "It wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision. Talking with Joe, he wanted somebody to pitch the eighth...
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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Tuesday linkage: Chat today, 2pm CST. Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette spoke with commissioner Bud Selig, who was adamant that the Pirates are not pocketing their profits. Pirates starter Zach Duke was pulled last night from an 11-1 game, one out away from a complete game, with 103 pitches thrown. Talking to Kovacevic, team president Frank Coonelly "strongly rejected" the idea...
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post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
By Dejan Kovacevic | 12:40 a.m. Tuesday The commissioner of baseball tends to be a pretty busy man, and he certainly was last Friday with a schedule full of meetings. But, only a day after receiving my request for an interview, Bud Selig called and asked me how much time I had because he wanted to address everything that he could about the Pirates. We talked for more than a half-hour, formally and...
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Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP Browse more photos » ...Could take a game that included one of the most amazing offensive performances of the year and turn it into an uproar about John Russell's completely inconsequential decision to remove Zach Duke from the game with one out left. The commenters in the last thread who are complaining about this story have it right. In yesterday's...
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