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| Nagy reassigned to minor league camp |
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03/24/2003 |
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| Charles Nagy. Infielders Tagg Bozied and Mark Quinn and catcher Miguel Ojeda were also sent to minor league camp. The 35-year-old Nagy went 1-0 with a 3.97 ERA this spring for the Padres. He had spent his entire 13-year major league career with the Cleveland Indians and posted a 129-103 record with a 4.51 ERA in 313 career games. Last season he was 1-4 with a career-worst 8.88 ERA in 19 games. The move cut the Padres' roster down to 34 players. San Diego opens its season at home on March 31 against the San Fran |
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| Nagy optioned to Triple-A Portland |
MLB Baseball |
03/24/2003 |
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| er Charles Nagy. Infielders Tagg Bozied and Mark Quinn and catcher Miguel Ojeda were also sent down to the minors. The 35-year-old Nagy went 1-0 with a 3.97 ERA this spring for the Padres. He had spent his entire 13-year major league career with the Cleveland Indians and posted a 129-103 record with a 4.51 ERA in 313 career games. Last season he was 1-4 with a career-worst 8.88 ERA in 19 games. The move cut the Padres' roster down to 34 players. San Diego opens its season at home on March 31 against the San Fran |
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| Texas Rangers |
MLB Baseball Transaction |
03/15/2003 |
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| Offered infielder Marshall McDougall back to the Cleveland Indians. |
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| Orioles' Segui out with broken thumb |
MLB Baseball |
03/13/2003 |
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| the lineup for what was thought to be a bruise. X-rays later revealed the fracture. The 36 year-old Segui has played in parts of 13 seasons in the majors, including stints with the New York Mets, Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers. A career .292 hitter, the versatile Segui has played in the outfield and at first base while acting as an on-and-off DH for his entire career. He has hit 133 home runs and has driven in 652 runs. The past two seasons have seen Seg |
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| Commissioner's office to investigate Mesa |
MLB Baseball |
03/12/2003 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Philadelphia Phillies closer Jose Mesa will be under investigation by Major League Baseball for published threats against ex-teammate Omar Vizquel, the starting shortstop for the Cleveland Indians. Vice president for on-field operations Bob Watson prompted the investigation after Mesa made some chilling remarks to The Bucks County Courier Times, a suburban Philadelphia newspaper. "If I face him, I'll hit him. I won't try to hit him in the head, but I'll hit him. And if he charges |
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| Wohlers expected to miss first two months of season |
MLB Baseball |
03/12/2003 |
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| Winter Haven, FL (MySportsbook) - Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Mark Wohlers underwent elbow surgery on Wednesday and is expected to miss at least the first two months of the season. After having ligament transplant surgery on the elbow in 1999, it recently started to bother him since spring training began. Wohlers has jumped around the majors, including stints with Cincinnati and the New York Yankees, after spending parts of nine seasons with the Atlanta Braves as a primary set-up man. Last season Wohlers |
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| Bradley among several players signed by the Indians |
MLB Baseball |
03/03/2003 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - Outfielder Milton Bradley was among 18 players that agreed to terms on one-year contracts with the Cleveland Indians on Monday. Last season for Cleveland, Bradley batted .249 with nine homers and 38 RBI in 98 games. He had two stints on the disabled list. The 24-year-old missed a month with a broken eye socket and later underwent an emergency appendectomy. Also signing were catchers Josh Bard and Victor Martinez; outfielders Alex Escobar, Jody Gerut and Ryan Church; first basema |
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| Cleveland signs Gilkey to minor league contract |
MLB Baseball |
02/28/2003 |
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| Winter Haven, FL (MySportsbook) - The Cleveland Indians signed outfielder Bernard Gilkey and pitcher Tim Crabtree to minor league contracts on Friday. Gilkey, a 12-year major league veteran, sat out last season. He is a career .275 hitter with 118 homers and 546 RBI. His best year came in 1996 while a member of the New York Mets. That season, he batted a career-high .317 with 30 homers and 117 runs batted in. Gilkey has also had stints with St. Louis, Arizona, Boston and Atlanta. Crabtree also missed the 2002 |
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| Bobby Bonds has lung cancer |
MLB Baseball |
02/28/2003 |
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| d report. The Contra Costa Times reported that the 56-year-old Bonds must undergo six months of chemotherapy. Bonds spent 14 years in the majors and played for the San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees, California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. He ended his career with 332 homers, 1,024 RBI, 461 stolen bases and a .268 lifetime batting average. Bonds, the father of San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds, works as a special assistant for the Giants. |
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| Matsui and Thome homer in spring training debuts |
MLB Baseball |
02/27/2003 |
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| , but then came to the plate with a man on first with two outs in the third. He then belted a 3-2 pitch from Jimmy Anderson over the wall down the right field line. Thome homered in his first at-bat in a Philadelphia uniform, as the Phillies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-3. Thome, who left the Cleveland Indians and signed a six-year deal worth a guaranteed $85 million with an option for a seventh season with the Phillies, belted an 0-1 changeup from Jeff D'Amico over the wall in left field in the first inning. |
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