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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 …
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ESPN.com:
Brewers hire Randolph to be Macha's bench coach — MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers hired former New York Mets manager Willie Randolph as bench coach on Saturday. — The 54-year Randolph was fired as the Mets manager on June 17. His career record was 302-253 and he led New York to the playoffs in 2006.
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Former Yanks help lay dirt in Stadium — Crew from '98 teams up with area kids in symbolic ceremony — NEW YORK — Paul O'Neill strode down a flight of concourse stairs at the new Yankee Stadium on Saturday, set his feet on the warning track — a rough, dirt expanse …
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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 …
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
The infield shift is on — Shortstop position losing power — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email — There is no rule that states a stud of a shortstop is the key to winning a World Series. The Red Sox [team stats] certainly can vouch for that, having won two in the last five years …
Alan Schwarz / New York Times:
That Awful Mets Bullpen May Return Intact — Most witnesses of the Mets' bullpen meltdown last season, those who can still see crucial victories squandered night after September night, would probably just as soon not see the names responsible for another missed postseason — Heilman …
Steve Lombardi / WasWatching.com:
YANKEES TOP 10 PROSPECTS 2009 PER BASEBALL AMERICA — One of the rare times that the print version of Baseball America provides the news before it's on their site...as per the Nov 17-30, 2008 edition found in my mail box today...here are the Yankees “Top 10″ Prospects for 2009, according to Baseball America:
Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
Madden: Obama makes White Sox America's team — For over 100 years, the Chicago White Sox have had to live as second-class citizens to the Cubs in the Windy City while, nationally, they had a fan base and recognition factor the equivalent of the Houston Astros or San Diego Padres. — No more.
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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 …
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.
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