Archive for November 14th, 2006
Cubs bracing for busy off-season
Finishing 30 games under .500 and last in the NL Central was enough to get a new manager into Wrigley Field, but Ken Rosenthal says in his latest notebook that the Cubs aren’t stopping with Lou Piniella. The team has an off-season bluepring that is both expensive and ambitious.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka: Red Sox Sign Matsuzaka (RotoWire)
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Japanese star would join strong rotation (AP)
The Red Sox have a chance to turn their shaky rotation into a spectacular one. If they sign Japanese ace Daisuke Matsuzaka after winning negotiating rights to him Tuesday night, he should fit nicely into a rotation that includes two other power-pitching right-handers who will be 26 when next season starts: Josh Beckett and Jonathan […]
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Japanese star would join strong rotation
The Red Sox have a chance to turn their shaky rotation into a spectacular one.
If they sign Japanese ace Daisuke Matsuzaka after winning negotiating rights to him Tuesday night, he should fit nicely into a rotation that includes two other power-pitching right-handers who will be 26 when next season starts: Josh Beckett and Jonathan Papelbon.
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Posted: November 14th, 2006.
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Mets re-sign RHP Orlando Hernandez, 2B Valentin (SportsTicker)
FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) - The New York Mets are bringing back two veterans they hope will help the club get further into the postseason in 2007.
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Red Sox win Matsuzaka sweepstakes (AP)
The Boston Red Sox emerged Tuesday night as winners of the bidding for Daisuke Matsuzaka with a $51.1 million offer and have 30 days to sign the Japanese pitcher to a contract. The Seibu Lions of Japan’s Pacific League announced they had accepted the high bid for their prized pitcher, and the major league commissioner’s […]
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Dodgers and White Sox planning to move spring bases to Glendale (AP)
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox are negotiating to move their spring training bases to Glendale, with the teams possibly sharing a stadium in the Phoenix suburb as early as 2008. The Dodgers would leave their site in Vero Beach, Fla., where they have trained since 1948 — nine years before the team […]
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Baseball’s mad new world (Yahoo! Sports)
NAPLES, Fla. – Boston’s bid of $51.1 million for Daisuke Matsuzaka signals a paradigm change in baseball.
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Beane: A’s should have a manager by week’s end (AP)
Athletics general manager Billy Beane plans to announce Oakland’s new manager by week’s end, saying Tuesday he had yet to choose between the three remaining candidates. They are A’s bench coach Bob Geren, Colorado Rockies bench coach and former Oakland utilityman Jamie Quirk, and ESPN baseball analyst and former Texas Rangers pitching coach Orel Hershiser.
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El Duque agrees to $12 million, 2-year deal with Mets (AP)
Orlando Hernandez stayed with the New York Mets, agreeing Tuesday to $12 million, two-year contract. El Duque, acquired by the Mets from Arizona in May, went 9-7 with a 4.09 ERA in 20 starts for New York. He was in line to start the team’s playoff opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers before injuring his […]
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