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5:00 PM ET, November 8, 2008

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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers tab Randolph as bench coach  —  Former Mets skipper was finalist for managerial opening  —  MILWAUKEE — The Brewers were looking for experience in their bench coach, and they found it in one of their managerial candidates.  —  Former Mets manager Willie Randolph …
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Willie hired as Brewers bench coach  —  Ex-Met manager Willie Randolph was hired Saturday as the bench coach of the Brewers after last month being one of the final three candidates for the Milwaukee managing job that went to Ken Macha.  —  The 54-year-old Randolph, who had one of the finest years …
Discussion: Baseball Musings
ESPN.com:
Brewers hire Randolph to be Macha's bench coach
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Ed Price / New Jersey Online:
Sabathia, Pettitte waiting to hear from New York Yankees  —  NOTEBOOK  —  CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte have reached out, and now they are waiting on contract offers from the Yankees.  —  Derek Jeter Friday revealed he had spoken to Sabathia — the Yankees' top target in free agency — in recent weeks about playing in pinstripes.
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Kat O'Brien / Newsday:
Pettitte says he's fine with a 1-year deal  —  Andy Pettitte said Friday night that he is not angling for a multiyear deal from the Yankees and hopes to return on a one-year contract.  —  Pettitte spoke as he entered the gala for Joe Torre's Safe At Home Foundation at Chelsea Piers, at which the 1998 championship team was reunited.
Kobrien / On the Yankees beat:
Joe Torre Safe at Home gala
Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Sox focus on Cuban 3B Dayan Viciedo  —  MLB gives green light for teams to make offers to Viciedo  —  The White Sox are poised to put the Joe Crede era behind them and become players in the first big acquisition of the offseason.  —  Agent Jaime Torres was informed by Major League Baseball …
Discussion: MLB FanHouse and Hot Foot
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John Manuel / Baseball America:
Agent: Viciedo Declared Free Agent  —  Dayan Viciedo, the Cuban teenager who left the island in May seeking to become a free agent, has gotten what he wanted.  His agent, Jaime Torres, said Saturday that Major League Baseball has declared Viciedo a free agent, and that major league clubs already are in hot pursuit.
Discussion: South Side Sox
Associated Press:
Yanks bring dirt from old Stadium to their new home  —  With the help of a few legendary players and Bronx teenagers, the Yankees carried pailfuls of dirt from their home plate and pitchers' mound from their old home to a new one Saturday.  —  Under a steady rain, 15-year-old Gabriel Nieves shoveled …
Discussion: Zell's Pinstripe Blog
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Bronx students participate in ceremony  —  This release from the Yankees:  —  NEW YORK YANKEES AND LOCAL YOUTH GROUPS HOLD DUAL-STADIUM CEREMONY; FORMER YANKEES JOIN BRONX HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MOVING HOME PLATE FROM ORIGINAL YANKEE STADIUM TO NEW YANKEE STADIUM
Discussion: Associated Press
Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Spaceman missing Manny Ramirez  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email  —  There really is no justice in a world where Bill “Spaceman” Lee and Manny “Being Manny” Ramirez never got to be Red Sox [team stats] teammates.  —  Last night, just before he was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame …
Discussion: SOX & Dawgs and WEEI Blogs
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
‘Spaceman’ lands in Sox Hall of Fame
Discussion: A Red Sox Fan …
New York Post:   PEAVY HEADING FOR ...  CONTINUED  —  Yankee GM Brian Cashman …
Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:
Padres cut Peavy finalists to 3 teams  —  Cubs, Braves, Dodgers in the hunt  —  Padres general manager Kevin Towers was back home in San Diego on Friday, sifting through the possibilities that will allow him to trade former Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy to the Cubs, the Atlanta Braves or …
Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com:
Bucs fill out staff with Hill at first base  —  Veteran big league coach will also serve as infield instructor  —  PITTSBURGH — The Pirates filled the final vacancy in the Major League coaching staff on Friday, naming Perry Hill as the team's first-base coach for 2009.
 
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