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| Tigers to get Laird from Texas |
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12/08/2008 |
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| Las Vegas, NV (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Tigers are reportedly set to acquire catcher Gerald Laird from the Texas Rangers. In the deal, expected to be announced Monday at the winter meetings, the Detroit Free Press reports the Tigers will send pitcher Guillermo Moscoso and pitching prospect Carlos Melo to the Rangers. Laird hit .276 with six homers and 41 RBI in 96 games in 2008. |
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| Cards sign lefty reliever Miller |
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12/03/2008 |
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| e. However, he held left-handed hitters to a .209 average and struck out 30 of the 91 he faced. Tampa Bay chose Miller's $400,000 buyout earlier this month rather than pick up his $2 million option. Miller broke into the majors as a starter with the Detroit Tigers in 1996, but has spent the majority of his career coming out of the bullpen. In 519 games (five starts), Miller has amassed a 14-14 mark to go along with 10 saves and a 4.43 ERA, while pitching for the Tigers, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ph |
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| Mariners name pitching, bullpen coaches |
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12/03/2008 |
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| ir, 50, joins the Mariners after serving the last four seasons as the minor league pitching coordinator for the Texas Rangers. Adair had two previous stints as a major league pitching coach, working for the Cleveland Indians in 1992 and 1993 and the Detroit Tigers from September 12, 1996 through the 1999 campaign. Wetteland, 42, was the Washington Nationals bullpen coach in 2006. Wetteland amassed a 48-45 record with 330 saves and 2.93 earned run average in 618 career games with the Dodgers, Expos, Yankees an |
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| Veteran lefty Rogers files for free agency |
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11/11/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Veteran hurler Kenny Rogers was the only player to file for free agency on Tuesday. The 20-year journeyman went 9-13 last season in 30 starts for the Detroit Tigers, his third year with the club. His 5.70 earned run average was his highest since 2001, when he was tagged with a 6.19 ERA in 20 outings with the Texas Rangers. The 44-year-old lefty has appeared in 762 games -- 474 career starts -- with Texas, Oakland, Minnesota, Detroit and both New York franchises, compiling a 21 |
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| Brewers name Macha new manager |
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10/30/2008 |
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| forward to having Ken display his talents in Milwaukee." Macha guided the Athletics to a record of 368-280 with three 90-plus win seasons and a pair of division titles from 2003-06. However, he was fired just two days after the club was swept by the Detroit Tigers in the 2006 American League Championship Series. The Brewers were in the market for a new manager after Ned Yost was fired with 12 games left in the season and Dale Sveum led the team to the playoffs as the National League wild card. Following a 26- |
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| Report: Brewers set to name Macha new manager |
MLB Baseball |
10/30/2008 |
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| es to honor the moratorium on making such announcements. Macha guided the Athletics to a record of 368-280 with three 90-plus win seasons and a pair of division titles from 2003-06. However, he was fired just two days after the club was swept by the Detroit Tigers in the 2006 American League Championship Series. The Brewers were in the market for a new manager after Ned Yost was fired with 12 games left in the season and Dale Sveum led the team to the playoffs as the National League wild card. Following a 26- |
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| Tigers decline option on Renteria |
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10/30/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Tigers announced on Thursday that they have declined to exercise the 2009 option on the contract of shortstop Edgar Renteria, making the veteran a free agent. Renteria batted .270 with 10 home runs and 55 RBI in 138 games last season, his first for the Tigers. He was acquired from Atlanta in a three-player deal on October 29, 2007. The 33-year-old Renteria, who just completed his 13 big league season, has also played for Florida, St. Louis, Boston and Atlanta, and o |
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| Boston Red Sox |
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10/29/2008 |
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| Claimed pitcher Virgil Vasquez off waivers from the Detroit Tigers. |
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| Garza goes for Rays, as Fall Classic shifts to Philly for Game 3 |
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10/25/2008 |
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| the forecast seems less ominous than it did at the start of the week, heavy rain is still expected for Saturday in the Philadelphia area. Of course, there hasn't been a World Series game postponed by rain since Game 4 of the 2006 series between the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals. Garza earned ALCS MVP honors for the Rays by going 2-0 against Boston, while surrendering just two runs in 13 innings. He was brilliant in Game 7 against the Red Sox, allowing only a first-inning solo home run and two hits o |
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| Phils lucky to be going home tied |
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10/24/2008 |
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| lthough the forecast seems less ominous than it did at the beginning of the week, heavy rain is still expected for Saturday in the Philadelphia area. There hasn't been a World Series game postponed by rain since Game 4 of the 2006 series between the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals. LOOKING AHEAD: GAME 3 STARTERS Tampa's Matt Garza tries to follow up a sensational American League Championship Series on Saturday, when the World Series is set to shift to Citizens Bank Park for Game 3 between the Rays and |
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