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| Padres agree to terms with Orosco and Cordova |
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11/19/2002 |
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| ed to terms with left-handed pitcher Jesse Orosco, and right-handed pitcher Francisco Cordova on Tuesday. Orosco, 45, will be playing for his seventh major league team, with other stops with the New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles and St. Louis Cardinals. Orosco, who will be entering his 24th season, owns a career mark of 85-78, while compiling 142 saves with a 3.04 ERA. Last season while with the Dodgers, the lefthander 1-2 with one save and a 3.00 ERA in |
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| Minnesota Twins |
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11/16/2002 |
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| Traded catcher Javier Valentin and pitcher Matt Kinney to the Milwaukee Brewers for pitchers Gerard Oakes and Matt Yeatman; named Rich Dauer third base coach and Dave Nelson first base coach. |
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| Twins deal Kinney to Milwaukee |
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11/15/2002 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins traded pitcher Matt Kinney and catcher Javier Valentin to the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday in exchange for pitchers Gerard Oakes and Matt Yeatman. The 25-year-old Kinney made 12 starts last season and two relief appearances for the Twins before going on the disabled list with a strained rotator cuff. The righthander finished with a 2-7 record and a 4.64 earned run average. Valentin, 27, played in Triple-A Edmonton last season, and hit .286 with 21 home runs |
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| Felipe Alou named manager of Giants |
MLB Baseball |
11/13/2002 |
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| batting coach. Alou played 17 seasons in the major leagues, from 1958-1974, and hit .286 with 206 homers and 852 RBI in 2,082 games. As a player he was a member of the Giants, Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Expos and Milwaukee Brewers. His best season as a player came in 1966 for Atlanta, when he batted .327 with a NL-leading 218 hits, 31 homers, 74 RBI and 122 runs scored. "I'm thrilled to go back where it all started for me," Alou said. "Many times I never thought I would get b |
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| Padres add two former managers to coaching staff |
MLB Baseball |
11/08/2002 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - Former big league managers Davey Lopes and Tony Muser have been added to the San Diego Padres coaching staff for the 2003 season. Lopes, who managed the Milwaukee Brewers for two two-plus seasons, was named first base coach. Muser, who managed the Kansas City Royals for the past five-plus years, was hired as bench coach. Lopes spent five seasons as the Padres first base coach before accepting the Brewers managerial position before the 1999 season. In 16 seasons as a player, Lope |
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| Gord Ash joins Brewers |
MLB Baseball |
11/01/2002 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - Former Toronto Blue Jays general manager Gord Ash has joined the Milwaukee Brewers as an assistant to new GM Doug Melvin. Ash, 50, was fired by the Blue Jays in October of 2001 after serving as the team's GM since the 1994 campaign. Melvin, a former general manager of the Texas Rangers, replaced Dean Taylor as the Brewers' GM in late September. The Brewers had their 10th straight losing season in 2002, while also compiling the worst record in the National League as well as the w |
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| Rockies name Apodaca pitching coach |
MLB Baseball |
10/31/2002 |
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| ies completed their coaching staff for the 2003 season by naming Bob Apodaca as their pitching coach. Apodaca will be reunited with Rockies manager Clint Hurdle. The two worked together four of the six seasons that Hurdle managed in the New York Mets' minor league system. Apodaca was the Mets' major league pitching coach from August 1996 to July 1999 and the Milwaukee Brewers' in 2000 and 2001. He then returned to the Mets in 2002 as the pitching coach at the organization's affiliate in Port St. Lucie, Florida. |
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| Milwaukee hires Yost as manager |
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10/29/2002 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - The Milwaukee Brewers hired 47-year-old Ned Yost as their new manager on Tuesday. Yost had been a coach with the Atlanta Braves the past 12 years. The contract is believed to be a two-year deal with a club option for 2005. "Needless to say, this a very, very special day in my life," said Yost, when he was officially introduced at a Tuesday press conference. "To think I'm able to come back and manage the Milwaukee Brewers, it's like being a four-year-old at Christmas time. It's h |
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| Rockies hire Duane Espy as hitting coach |
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10/23/2002 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - The Colorado Rockies hired Duane Espy to be their hitting instructor Wednesday. Espy spent the last three seasons in a similar position with San Diego. Before joining the Padres in May of 2000, he spent 22 seasons as a minor league manager, coach and instructor. The 50-year old Espy played eight seasons in the minor leagues. Originally drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1971, he finished with a .274 average and 35 home runs in 826 games. |
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| Report: Brewers may hire A's bench coach |
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10/18/2002 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - The Milwaukee Brewers have reportedly offered Ken Macha a three-year contract to fill their managerial opening. Macha has been the Oakland Athletics' bench coach since 1999. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported that Brewers general manager Doug Melvin offered the 52-year-old Macha a three-year deal, but was waiting for an answer from another candidate. Macha, who has already interviewed with the Cubs and Mets, is expected to meet with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Milwaukee could |
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