Nats Add Second Scout Who Has Ties to Arizona
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The Nationals make another key addition to their scouting department Monday, adding Ed Durkin as a special assistant to the club's baseball operations department.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired left-hander Doug Davis from Milwaukee on Saturday in a six-player deal that sent catcher Johnny Estrada to the Brewers.
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Dec 7, 2004 - ATLANTA BRAVES Named Tim Conroy special assistant to the general manager-major league scout. CHICAGO CUBS-Agreed to terms with SS Nomar Garciaparra on a one-year contract.
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Washington Nationals ace Livan Hernandez was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday for a pair of minor league pitchers.
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Wally Backman was hired as Arizona&#39;s manager, taking over a team coming off one of the worst seasons in major-league history. A former New York Mets second baseman with a reputation for intensity, Backman
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The San Diego Padres acquired temperamental outfielder Milton Bradley from the Oakland Athletics on Friday, the second time in just more than a week that the team decided to add a player with a history of blowups.
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The Nationals agree to trade second baseman Jose Vidro to the Seattle Mariners for two prospects on Wednesday.
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The Oakland Athletics traded their second top starter in three days, sending left-hander Mark Mulder to the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday for a package of prospects.
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Brandon Lyon was picked Wednesday to replace Jose Valverde as the Arizona Diamondbacks' closer.
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The Mets&#39; approach to this off-season could be determined by the connection between a Dominican-born general manager to a pair of Dominican-born players he helped sign 14 years apart.
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Wally Backman, a former New York Mets second baseman with a reputation for intensity in the dugout, was hired Monday as manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Chuck LaMar, who served as a special assistant to GM Jim Bowden, has left the Nationals to become the Phillies' director of scouting.
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The Atlanta Braves have found a new closer, paving the way for John Smoltz to return to the rotation. The Braves have traded prized pitching prospect Jose Capellan to the Milwaukee Brewers for All-Star reliever Danny Kolb.
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ANAHEIM -- For the second straight offseason, Braves general manger John Schuerholz has opted to trade his top pitching prospect to fill Atlanta&#39;s biggest need at the Major League level.
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Baseball The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired lefthander Doug Davis from Milwaukee yesterday in a six-player deal that sent catcher Johnny Estrada to the Brewers. Righthanders Greg Aquino and Claudio Vargas also went to Milwaukee, while the Diamondbacks obtained a pair of youngsters, lefthander Dana Eveland and outfielder Dave Krynzel . . . Alfonso Soriano wants to warm up for his Chicago ...
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Washington Nationals Manager Frank Robinson was appreciative of his club's late-game uprising in the opener of yesterday's day-night doubleheader with the Arizona Diamondbacks, but what seemed to please him the most were the performances of two recent pitching additions.
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Josh Hamilton was a true blue-chipper, a true can't miss prospect before drugs derailed his career. But the former No. 1 overall pick in 1999 is getting a second, and most likely final, chance with the Cincinnati Reds, who have invited him to spring training.