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Subway Squawkers (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The Managers of the Year were announced earlier today and Squawker Lisa and I just competed in a trivia contest , so here's a trivia question: Who won the American League Manager of the Year in 2000 and who finished second? And who did they beat out? Before I give the answers, Lisa and I had a great time at the trivia contest, which was run by our fellow blogger The Omnipotent Q of the Mighty Quinn...
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Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP Jim Tracy matches his SBN manager of the year award with one from the BBWAA. Lou Piniella got no votes. Browse more photos » No surprise here, and the SBNation awards announced last week agree with both these selections. Tracy got 29 of the 32 first-place votes. Two first-place votes went to Tony LaRussa and one to Joe Torre. In the AL, Scioscia got...
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True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Joe Torre relaxes as he realizes the Rockies will finally beat the Dodgers at something in 2009 View full size photo » The Baseball Writers Association of America will announce the managers of the year today at 11am, and former Dodger manager Jim Tracy is the heavy favorite to walk away with NL honors. The manager of the year award has been awarded in each league since 1983. Tommy Lasorda is...
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Wait 'til this Year (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The good: It's good to know they can share a mic, since they'll now be sharing a professional sports franchise. And it's interesting to note that even when viewed in a still, photographic format, Todd looks like a douche. The transition of team ownership into the hands of its eighth owner, the Ricketts family. There's something soothing about real, live human beings sitting there and talking about...
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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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Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
From here The St. Louis Cardinals’ new hire of former home run king/admitted steroid abuser Mark McGwire as hitting coach sends a message to all baseball and young people of “CHEAT, DO DRUGS, COVER UP WHEN CONGRESS INVESTIGATES,” former White House drug policy spokesman Bob Weiner said today. Weiner continued, “What will he tell batters? Grab the drugs? And from here Worst...
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Rene's Apple (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Mark McGwire returns to MLB as the Cardinals' hitting coach. Good news. This took guts on the part of Tony LaRussa. Kudos. And Bud Selig is also pleased.
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Chicagoray (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Will he also be the team chemist and Juice Tester as well as hitting coach? Will he also show them the ins and outs of hiding steroid track marks and other nifty little hitting tricks? Just wondering.... While we're at it and feeling all nice and gooey inside, why not go all the way and let Pete Rose back in the game while they're at it? I know there is of course such a big difference between the two,(wink...
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The Cub Reporter (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Alright, here's my half-ass plan for the next few weeks...try to get one of those offseason target posts up sometime in the morning and then some type of quick notes/news of the moment update in the afternoon or early evening if there's enough news out there. I will inevitably fail at keeping up that pace... - Naples, Florida is making their run at the Cubs to be their new home for spring training....
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Baseball Digest Daily (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
For an offseason weekend with a team already out of the playoffs, there have been some seismic shakes going on in St. Louis. First, the relatively expected news that Tony LaRussa will be back at the helm of the Cardinals for his 15th season with the Redbirds. One report indicated that it would be a multi-year deal, but as always TLR will take it year by year and decide whether he wants to return or...
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Sports On My Mind (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Tony LaRussa will return next season as the St. Louis Cardinals manager. His new hitting coach will be ---------- Mark McGwire. For this utterly pompous, 'in your face MLB' move, LaRussa should be summarily fired. Mark "And-roid" McGwire? The zit-bombed faced monster? The Syringe Brother? They guy who intimately knows every ...
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Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Meet the Mets So, I take it that the Mets' meeting with Aroldis Chapman did not go so over so well . Metsradamus makes a good point. Why do I have to root for anyone in this World Series ? Steve Phillips is out at ESPN . Permanently. Around the NL East The Phillies will start Cliff Lee in game 1 against the Yankees, but beyond that is anyone's guess . Around MLB Tony LaRussa will reportedly return...
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Thunder Matt's Saloon (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Word on the street (aka. the sexy, swinging offices of ESPN) is that Tony LaRussa will indeed return as the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2010. The catch? Hal McRae, Cardinals hitting coach, has been fired. Replacing him? None other than Mr. Andro himself, Mark McGwire. I mean, when a team wants to hire a hitting coach, they naturally want someone who 1) was a one-dimensional hitter with a...
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