Baseball Fan as a Boy, Maier Now Seeks Front Office Job
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Jeff Maier, who at age 12 deflected a fly ball by Derek Jeter into the stands for a home run in the 1996 A.L.C.S., is now seeking a job in the front office of a professional baseball team.
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According to an executive, the Mets have reached an agreement to hire the Montreal Expos' general manager, Omar Minaya, to head the baseball office.
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Oakland GM Billy Beane, the architect behind the A's four division titles since 2000, is rewarded with a seven-year contract extension.
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Way, way west of Coolidge Corner -- in the days when a twentysomething Theo Epstein was working his way up from an aide in the media relations department to a key administrator in the baseball operations office of the San Diego Padres -- he was a fixture at the home of Kevin Towers, the team's general manager. &quot;Theo was a ...
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Washington&#39;s baseball team, formerly the Montreal Expos, has found a general manager for the time being at least.
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Bobby Madritsch&#39;s rise to the major leagues is a story of perseverance: He grew up in a gang-filled area on Chicago&#39;s South Side, dropped out of college, pitched for four independent
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WASHINGTON -- Former major leaguer Chuck Knoblauch showed up to be interviewed Friday by congressional lawyers investigating drugs in baseball, toting his toddler son in his arms and accompanied by a lawyer.
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One of the continuing trends in the major leagues is how diligent teams have become about safeguarding young pitchers like the Yankeesâ Joba Chamberlain and Bostonâs Clay Buchholz.
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Fans flock for his autograph. Cameras record his simplest moves. Batters look for his mysterious "gyroball" &#151; if it even exists. He's just one of hundreds of rookies at baseball spring training camps this year, but he's swooned over like a rock star.
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The selection of a new manager is not the only immediate task facing the Yankees.
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Former Toronto Blue Jays manager Carlos Tosca interviewed with the Mets on Friday, the first candidate brought in following the firing of Art Howe.
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The strange, mystical adventures of Daisuke Matsuzaka continue. Japan's megastar, who was anointed as a favorite son in this foreign town because of his array of mesmerizing pitches, his tantalizing potential, and his role as one of the X factors in negating the surging New York Yankees, remains impossible to predict.
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David Pauley , who has an outside shot at landing the fifth starter spot in the Red Sox rotation, was one of two players who represented the team at Major League Baseball's Rookie Career Development Program last month in Virginia.
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They offered Brad Radke more money than he got from Minnesota. They were there, dollar for dollar, with the Yankees for Carl Pavano, but he opted for childhood loyalty and signed with the Bombers. They had manager Terry Francona personally recruit Jon Lieber, but he signed with the Phillies. They made a run at Oakland ace Tim Hudson, but the ...
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It has been rather quiet on the Alex Rodriguez front at the general managers' meetings, but two teams that have interest in pursuing him are the Dodgers and Angels. This could be a dream scenario for agent Scott Boras , who owns luxury boxes at both teams' stadiums.
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Jon Lieber agreed to a deal with the Philadelphia Phillies, Al Leiter returned to the Florida Marlins and Woody Williams went back to the San Diego Padres as teams moved quickly to grab starting pitchers Wednesday after the first free-agent deadline of the offseason passed.
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Toronto Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi, a Worcester, Mass., native who was a devoted Red Sox fan before his career forced his loyalties to change, is a believer. &quot;It's going to happen,&quot; he insisted yesterday.