Archive for October, 2006
Nationals part ways with assistant GM Siegle (AP)
Assistant general manager Tony Siegle was let go by the Washington Nationals on Wednesday after five seasons with the franchise. Siegle, who specialized in contract negotiations and rules interpretation, joined the team when it was the Montreal Expos, under current general manager Jim Bowden’s predecessor, Omar Minaya.
Posted: October 25th, 2006.
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Girardi pulls name from Nationals’ managerial search (AP)
Joe Girardi told the Washington Nationals he doesn’t want to be their new manager, becoming the second high-profile candidate to withdraw from consideration for the job. “He notified the Washington Nationals he was taking his name off the list of candidates. It was a hard decision,” Girardi’s agent, Steve Mandell, said in a telephone interview […]
Posted: October 24th, 2006.
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LaRussa owed it to his team — and baseball fans — to at least find out (AP)
In the dog days of summer a few years back, pitching for the Texas Rangers in a game that meant little at the time, Kenny Rogers was so wicked through six innings that he was flirting with a perfect game. The Cleveland Indians thought they knew why. They were collecting the evidence in the […]
Posted: October 24th, 2006.
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Nationals keep St. Claire, lose Lopes; other coaches in limbo (AP)
Randy St. Claire will stay on as the Washington Nationals’ pitching coach in 2007, first-base coach Davey Lopes is leaving, and the rest of the coaching staff won’t know its status until a new manager is hired. St. Claire’s return, announced Monday, guarantees some continuity for what could be an overhauled and inexperienced pitching staff.
Posted: October 16th, 2006.
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Piniella hasn’t spoken to Steinbrenner about possible return to Yankees (AP)
Lou Piniella hasn’t heard from Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and he doesn’t have much to say about a possible return to the Bronx. “We’ve always been friendly,” Piniella said Monday at a workout before the AL championship series, which he will broadcast for Fox. “No, we haven’t talked at all about that.
Posted: October 9th, 2006.
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Buck O’Neil, Negro League baseball great, dies at 94 (AP)
Buck O’Neil, a batting champion in the Negro Leagues before becoming the first black to serve as a major league coach, has died. He was 94. The beloved national figure as the unofficial goodwill spokesman for the Negro Leagues died Friday night in a Kansas City hospital, eight months after he fell one vote short […]
Posted: October 7th, 2006.
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Nationals send four to Triple-A (AP)
The Washington Nationals sent infielders Melvin Dorta and Henry Mateo, outfielder George Lombard and right-hander Roy Corcoran outright to Triple-A New Orleans on Friday. The club also activated right-handers John Patterson and Shawn Hill, left-hander Micah Bowie and outfielder Alex Escobar from the 15-day disabled list.
Posted: October 6th, 2006.
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