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| Red Sox re-sign pitcher Alan Embree |
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11/05/2002 |
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| MySportsbook) - The Boston Red Sox announced Tuesday that pitcher Alan Embree has signed a two-year contract with an option for 2005. In 2002, Embree went 4-6 with a 2.03 ERA and two saves in 68 combined relief appearances with the Red Sox and the San Diego Padres. For Boston last year, he posted a 1-2 record with a 2.97 ERA and two saves in 32 relief outings. The lefthander joined the Red Sox on June 23, 2002 in a trade with the Padres. Boston also acquired minor league righthander Andy Shibilo in exchange f |
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| Castillo to have hip surgery |
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10/22/2002 |
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| agues with 48 stolen bases. The switch-hitting Castillo also put together a team-record 35-game hitting streak. The 35-game streak was the longest in the majors since Paul Molitor hit in 39 straight games for Milwaukee during the 1987 season. A native of the Dominican Republic, Castillo also garnered the longest streak among all Latin players, topping the 34-game stretch set in 1987 by Benito Santiago with the San Diego Padres. The Marlins expect Castillo to be fully recovered for the start of spring training. |
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| Padres' Hoffman has surgery |
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10/17/2002 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - San Diego Padres closer Trevor Hoffman underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder on Wednesday. The procedure was necessary to clean out some of the tissue that built up in Hoffman's right rotator cuff. The 35-year-old Hoffman, a ten-year major league veteran, also had surgery on his right shoulder before the 1995 season. The righthander went 2-5 with a 2.73 ERA and had 38 saves in 2002, which stopped a string of four consecutive seasons with at least 40 saves. He has |
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| Giants aim to grab huge lead in NLCS |
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10/12/2002 |
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| La Russa's Cardinals will try to become only the third team to come back from an 0-2 deficit in the League Championship Series. "In one sense, it's a perfect setup for us," La Russa said. "It's been a hard year, this has been a hard start." The 1984 San Diego Padres and the 1985 Cardinals are the only other squads to recover from an 0-2 deficit. Seven teams prior to St. Louis have lost the first two contests of the LCS since it was changed to seven games in the mid-1980's, all of them have gone on to lose the s |
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| Padres will not exercise option on Lankford |
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10/12/2002 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - The San Diego Padres announced Friday that they will not exercise their option on outfielder Ray Lankford for the 2003 season. The Padres could have retained Lankford for $7.5 million, but instead decided to buy out the contract for $1 million. Lankford, who was acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for starting pitcher Woody Williams last season, had a disappointing 2002 campaign, hitting just .224 with six homers and 26 RBI in 81 games. The 35-year-old Lankford is |
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| Tigers name Trammell manager |
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10/09/2002 |
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| hortstop Alan Trammell was named the new manager of the club on Wednesday. He reportedly agreed to a three-year contract. Trammell, who will attempt to break the Tigers' streak of nine consecutive losing seasons, had been the first base coach of the San Diego Padres the past three years. "To get back to the tradition of the English D. That's probably the number one reason why I am back," said Trammell, the fifth Tigers' manager in seven years. "It hurt me being away from here and hearing and looking from afar t |
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| Hernandez hopes to keep Giants alive |
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10/06/2002 |
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| games. I've been working hard. This is the time to pitch good. Let's see what happens." While his postseason record is spotless, the 27-year-old hurler was just 12-16 with a 4.38 ERA during the 2002 regular season. He last toed the slate against the San Diego Padres on September 25, throwing a two-hit shutout with one walk and a pair of strikeouts. At home this season, Hernandez went 7-9 with a 3.99 earned run average and three complete games in 18 attempts. For his career, including the postseason, he is 4-7 v |
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| Brewers will not bring Royster back |
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10/02/2002 |
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| losses in the majors. Milwaukee's dismal season contributed to two major front office moves last week. Attorney Ulice Payne replaced Wendy Selig-Prieb as president and Melvin took over for Dean Taylor. Royster also has managerial experience with the San Diego Padres' organization from 1996-98, leading the Las Vegas Stars to the Pacific Coast League playoffs in 1996 when he earned the Padres Manager of the Year award. He also managed in the minor league system of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1990-92. Milwaukee h |
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| Pirates executive to re-join Padres |
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10/01/2002 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - Dick Freeman will leave his post as the Pittsburgh Pirates' executive vice president and chief operating officer to return to his old job as president of the San Diego Padres. After joining the Pirates' staff on October 8, 1996, Freeman was responsible for the organization's day-to-day business operations while also playing a major role in the development and completion of PNC Park in Pittsburgh. Freeman previously worked for the Padres from 1981-1995 and will be looked upon to |
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| Dodgers open series against San Diego |
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09/26/2002 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Dodgers will hope for some good fortune while winning their fourth game in five tries tonight in the opener of a four-game series against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium. On Wednesday, Brian Jordan's RBI single capped a two-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Dodgers downed the Colorado Rockies, 3-2. Marquis Grissom had an RBI double in the ninth for LA, which remains three games behind San Francisco for the NL wild card lead with four ga |
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