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The Oakland Athletics hired Bob Schaefer as bench coach Wednesday to work under first-year manager Bob Geren. Next season will be Schaefer’s ninth on a major league coaching staff and sixth as a bench coach after he worked as the Royals’ bench coach in 1991 and again from 2002-05. Schaefer, who also coached first base […]

Ron Wotus will return for a ninth season as bench coach of the San Francisco Giants under new manager Bruce Bochy after being passed up for the skipper job. The Giants announced their coaching staff Tuesday, featuring many of the same faces. The members of Bochy’s staff are hitting coach Joe Lefebvre, pitching coach Dave […]

Tom Glavine hasn’t received a contract offer from the Atlanta Braves as he nears a decision on where he wants to play next season, a development that has increased the likelihood he will return to the New York Mets. Glavine’s agent, Gregg Clifton, said the two-time Cy Young Award winner has told the Mets he […]

Albert Pujols thinks he was snubbed. The St. Louis Cardinals’ slugger is upset he lost out to Philadelphia’s Ryan Howard for the National League MVP award, saying Wednesday the honor should go to someone on a playoff team. “I see it this way: Someone who doesn’t take his team to the playoffs doesn’t deserve to […]

TORONTO (Ticker) - Royce Clayton’s tour of the major leagues continued Wednesday, when the shortstop signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Gary Matthews Jr. won’t have to wait very long to find out what his former Texas Rangers teammates think about him jumping to the AL West-rival Los Angeles Angels. The clubs start next season with a three-game series at Angel Stadium. “Secretly, one of the players over there with the Rangers wants to play in […]

In these days of skyrocketing salaries, Randy Wolf is a rarity. The 30-year-old left-hander passed up more guaranteed money just to return home. That being said, the Los Angeles Dodgers took a risk of sorts by signing him. “The Dodgers, that’s something pretty cool,” said Wolf, who grew up in suburban West Hills and appeared […]

A day after securing the negotiating rights for Kei Igawa, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman placed a call to the Japanese pitcher’s agent, Arn Tellem. Cashman and Tellem have worked out contracts for Hideki Matsui, Mike Mussina and Jason Giambi, so striking a deal for Igawa doesn’t figure to be difficult.
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While many teams with Indian nicknames, logos or mascots are criticized as culturally insensitive, the Spokane Indians unveiled their new logo featuring eagle feathers Wednesday with the blessing of their namesake tribe. The minor league affiliate of baseball’s Texas Rangers developed the design with the Spokane Tribe of Indians.
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Craig Counsell decided he’d rather be a backup for his hometown team than a starter someplace else. Counsell returned to the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday, agreeing to a $6 million, two-year contract. Counsell is a native of the Milwaukee area and played for the Brewers in 2004. He drew interest from the San Diego Padres, […]