Bobby Valentine is the new manager of the Boston Red Sox, as team president Larry Lucchino reportedly pulled rank over new GM Ben Cherington to bring in someone with major-league experience in the dugout. Why the emphasis on experience? A … Continue reading →
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Qualifiers: players will be classified under one position even if they played at more than one. They must also have at least two seasons with the team. Bobby Lowe: Bobby Lowe manned second base during the early Boston days in the 1890s.
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Just a week after the sale of the club from Drayton McLane to Jim Crane, the Houston Astros dismissed general manager Ed Wade and team president Tal Smith on Sunday night. Crane, who said he would “make some very, very quick adjustments,” when the sale was finalized in…
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Atlanta Braves baseball pitcher Tim Hudson underwent surgery on Nov. 28 to repair a herniated disc in his back. Hudson said the injury has bothered him for two seasons now and felt he could not avoid the procedure anymore. The good news for the Atlanta Braves is that Hudson should…
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As NBA reporters go, it’s hard to beat Yahoo! Sports’ combination of Adrian Wojnarowski and Marc Spears. Unless you’re Dexter Fowler, outfielder for the Colorado Rockies. He managed to beat every NBA reporter on the planet when it came to … Continue reading →
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As NBA reporters go, it’s hard to beat Yahoo! Sports’ combination of Adrian Wojnarowski and Marc Spears. Unless you’re Dexter Fowler, outfielder for the Colorado Rockies. He managed to beat every NBA reporter on the planet when it came to … Continue reading →
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Closer Craig Kimbrel of the Atlanta Braves was selected National League Rookie of the Year on Monday, and starting pitcher Jeremy Hellickson of the Tampa Bay Rays took the American League award. The 23-year-old Kimbrel was a unanimous choice, receiving all 32 first-place votes cast…
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Despite the epic collapse that was the end of the Atlanta Braves’ season, rookie fireballing closer Craig Kimbrel has been named the National League 2011 Rookie of the Year . Like the rest of the Braves, Kimbrel faltered down the stretch but that didn’t stop the Baseball…
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The Atlanta Braves have declined to offer salary arbitration to free agent shortstop Alex Gonzalez, gambling that they can find a one-year replacement for him until their minor league solution is ready. Gonzalez, a veteran infielder, is coming off a stellar defensive year but one…
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The Atlanta Braves have signed 14 players to minor league contracts, including right-handed reliever Adam Russell. Russell pitched in 36 games for the Tampa Bay Rays last season, going 1-2 with a 3.03 ERA. He received an invitation Tuesday to big league camp next spring, along with right-hander Jason Rice, left-handers Dusty Hughes and Yohan Flande, catchers J.C.
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