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| Tampa Bay allowed to talk with Piniella |
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10/18/2002 |
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| , asked the Mariners for permission last week to get out of the final year of a three-year, $6.8 million contract. The Mariners still have the rights to Piniella's services and will try to work out a deal with another team looking for a manager. The New York Mets and reportedly two other teams have also shown interest in talking with Piniella about his services. Piniella was born in Tampa and went to high school there before attending the University of Tampa, where he was an All-America baseball player. He s |
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| Can Cards even series against Livan? |
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10/13/2002 |
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| nnings in the 6-3 victory. The righthander is 1-1 in his five career LCS outings, and tonight will mark his fifth career LCS start. Benes last started in the NLCS in 2000, when he allowed two runs on six hits over eight innings in a victory over the New York Mets. The veteran righthander has seven career postseason starts under his belt. After starting the season with an 0-2 record and a 10.80 earned run average in his first three outings, Benes considered retirement and was eventually placed on the 60-day d |
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| Rangers name Showalter new manager |
MLB Baseball |
10/11/2002 |
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| of the Year. In his four years with the club, Showalter made one playoff appearance, leading the Yankees to the AL wildcard in 1995, where the team lost 3-2 in the best- of-five AL Division Series, to the Seattle Mariners. Showalter managed the Arizona Diamondbacks between 1998-2000 with an overall record of 250-236. In 1999, the D-Backs won the National League West Division, and lost in the NL Division Series, 3-1, to the New York Mets. Showalter had spent the past two years as a baseball analyst for ESPN. |
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| Mets outright Toca to Norfolk |
MLB Baseball |
10/11/2002 |
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| Flushing, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Mets have outrighted utilityman Jorge Toca to Norfolk of the International League. The club also announced Friday that pitcher Pedro Feliciano has been claimed off waivers by the Detroit Tigers. Toca hit .254 with 15 RBI and 21 runs in 54 games at Norfolk last season. He missed most of the season with a broken right leg. Feliciano pitched in just six games for New York last season and posted a 7.50 ERA with no decisions. |
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| Piniella reportedly looking to leave Mariners |
MLB Baseball |
10/11/2002 |
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| his contract in the next four days. According to the Newark Star-Ledger, Piniella is meeting with team officials to end his relationship with the Mariners. The paper said a decision could come Monday. Piniella would then begin negotiations with the New York Mets or Tampa Bay Devil Rays next season, according to the report. He managed the Cincinnati Reds to a World Series title in 1990. The manager's contract with Seattle extends through the 2003 season, so the team will probably want compensation for losing |
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| Pirates release Brown |
MLB Baseball |
10/10/2002 |
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| iple-A Nashville of the Pacific Coast League this year. He has spent all six of his major league seasons with the Pirates, and has a career average of .261 with 11 homers and 83 RBI. The Pirates also announced they claimed righthanded pitcher Jim Mann off of waivers from the Houston Astros. The 27-year-old pitcher spent most of last season in Triple-A New Orleans. He appeared in 17 games with the Astros with an 0-1 record and 4.09 ERA, and has also spent time in his three-year career with the New York Mets. |
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| Mets pick up option on Alomar |
MLB Baseball |
10/08/2002 |
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| Flushing, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Mets have decided to exercise the 2003 option on second baseman Roberto Alomar. Alomar, 34, will be paid $8 million next season. Alomar was acquired from Cleveland in a seven-player trade last December. He hit .266 in 149 games in his first season in the Big Apple. In another move, the Mets have requested waivers on pitcher Satoru Komiyama for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release. |
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| Defected Cuban pitcher freed by INS |
MLB Baseball |
10/08/2002 |
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| exico on October 1. Contreras, a 6-foot-4 righthander, was 13-4 this year and led the Cuban league with a 1.76 ERA. He came into the spotlight in an exhibition game at Havana against the Baltimore Orioles in 1999. Contreras tossed eight shutout innings, and allowed just two hits while striking out 10 batters. New York Yankees pitcher Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, San Francisco pitcher Livan Hernandez and New York Mets shortstop Rey Ordonez have all had success in the major leagues after defecting from Cuba. |
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| ALCS begins with Mays facing Appier |
MLB Baseball |
10/08/2002 |
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| this evening, when they tangle with the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome in the opener of a seven-game set. The Angels' last appearance in the ALCS ended in disaster as they blew a 3-1 advantage against the Boston Red Sox, who went on to lose to the New York Mets in a memorable World Series. Anaheim reached this year's AL Championship Series by knocking off the four- time defending AL champion New York Yankees in four games of the ALDS. Shawn Wooten keyed an eight-run fifth inning with a leadoff homer and an |
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| Mets given permission to interview Randolph |
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10/07/2002 |
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| Bronx, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Mets have been granted permission by the Yankees to interview third base coach Willie Randolph for the team's vacant manager's job. Randolph, a former Yankees' second baseman, played 18 seasons in the majors. He interviewed last week with the Detroit Tigers, who fired manager Luis Pujols. The 48-year old Randolph also played for the Pirates, Dodgers, Athletics, Brewers and Mets. Former Yankees' first baseman Chris Chambliss interviewed with the Mets for the opening |
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