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| Boston signs pitchers Rupe, Banks to contracts |
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12/05/2002 |
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| erage and one save in 29 relief appearances last season. The 33-year-old struck out 26 batters and issued 14 walks in 39 innings. During his nine-year career, Banks is 31-39 with a 4.75 ERA. Rupe, also a righthander, was claimed off waivers from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on November 27. Rupe, 27, had season-ending arthroscopic surgery after he had tendinitis in his right knee. He went 5-10 with a 5.60 ERA last season. The four-year veteran had spent his entire career with Tampa Bay where he compiled an overall recor |
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| Melvin to manage Mariners |
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11/15/2002 |
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| WA (MySportsbook) - The Seattle Mariners have hired Bob Melvin, bench coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks the past two seasons, as the club's new manager. Melvin replaces Lou Piniella, who left the Mariners last month after 10 seasons to manage the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. "It's hard for me to express how excited I am about this opportunity," Melvin said. "Seattle is one of the premier organizations in the Major Leagues and this job is one of the best managerial jobs in all of baseball. I look forward to getting to w |
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| Piniella completes coaching staff |
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11/11/2002 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays named John McLaren bench coach, Chris Bosio pitching coach and Matt Sinatro bullpen coach, rounding out new manager Lou Piniella's coaching staff. McLaren and Sinatro served as coaches under Piniella in Seattle, while Bosio was also a member of the Mariner organization. Bosio had an 11-year pitching career and served for the past three seasons as a special assignment coach for Seattle. McLaren served as the Mariners' bench coach for the past five seaso |
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| Devil Rays name Elia hitting coach |
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11/05/2002 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays named former Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies manager Lee Elia their hitting coach for the next two seasons on Tuesday. Elia, who was a candidate to take over the Seattle Mariners' managing vacancy left by Lou Piniella, decided to stay near his home in Odessa, Florida. "It was a very difficult decision," Elia said. "Seattle is a great organization and things were going well, but it was weighing heavy on my head. So I called (the Mariners) this mo |
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| McGriff becomes a free agent |
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10/31/2002 |
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| their option on his contract for the 2003 season. McGriff, who turned 39 on Thursday, has 478 career homers with 1,503 RBI and a .286 batting average during his 17-year career in the majors. McGriff, acquired by the Cubs in a July 2001 deal with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, hit .273 with 30 homers and 103 RBI last season. It marked his fourth straight year and the eighth time in his career with at least 100 runs batted in. The lefthanded slugger is ranked 21st all-time in homers and 40th in RBI. McGriff started his ma |
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| Devil Rays name Piniella new manager |
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10/28/2002 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays introduced Lou Piniella as the third manager in team history on Monday. Piniella agreed to a four-year contract worth $3.25 million per season, with up to $3 million in incentives based on how many games the Devil Rays win. The Devil Rays have never won more than 69 games in a season in their five- year history, but Piniella resurrected the Seattle Mariners' franchise when he took over as manager after the 1992 campaign. "I was in the Seattle organizat |
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| Devil Rays ready to name Piniella next manager |
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10/28/2002 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays will name Lou Piniella the third manager in team history at a 5 p.m. (ET) news conference on Monday. The Tampa Tribune reported that Piniella agreed to a four-year contract worth $3.25 million per season, with up to $3 million in incentives based on how many games the Devil Rays win. The Devil Rays have never won more than 69 games in a season in their five- year history, but Piniella resurrected the Seattle Mariners franchise when he took over as mana |
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| Report: Art Howe to become manager of Mets |
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10/24/2002 |
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| we until the end of the World Series. Last Friday, Howe and the Athletics announced he would return to finish the final year of his contract in Oakland. With Howe reportedly set to become the manager of the Mets, Thursday's Newsday reported that the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Lou Piniella have agreed on a four-year contract and the Oakland Athletics have agreed on a multi-year deal with bench coach Ken Macha to replace Howe. The Daily News reported that Howe arrived in New York late Tuesday and spent Wednesday in clo |
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| Report: Tampa Bay and Piniella agree on contract |
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10/24/2002 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Lou Piniella have agreed on a four-year contract that will bring the Seattle Mariners skipper closer to his family, according to a published report. According to Thursday's Newsday, the deal is worth $13 million. The deal cannot be officially announced until after the World Series, as ordered by commissioner Bud Selig. Tampa Bay, which was granted permission by the Mariners to talk with Piniella regarding the Devil Rays' managerial opening, had agreed on |
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| Devil Rays offer Piniella job |
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10/22/2002 |
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| St. Petersburg, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays have scheduled a news conference for Tuesday afternoon at which time the club is expected to detail its managerial offer to Lou Piniella. The offer is reportedly worth between $13-14 million over four years. Tampa Bay was granted permission by the Seattle Mariners to talk with Piniella regarding its managerial opening. The Devil Rays and Mariners agreed on compensation for Piniella last week. Piniella, a Tampa native, was released from his contract wit |
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