Last-place Orioles fire Sam Perlozzo
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Four men have tried. No one has succeeded. Is anyone out there capable of having a winning season as manager of the Baltimore Orioles? Sam Perlozzo was fired by the Orioles on Monday, the result of his inability to bring last-place Baltimore out of a lengthy funk culminated by an eight-game losing streak.
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Joe Girardi was interviewed Tuesday by Baltimore Orioles executives, a day after the team fired manager Sam Perlozzo. The interview took place in Chicago, a baseball official familiar with the talks said, speaking on condition of anonymity because no public statements were authorized.
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Giving up only eight earned runs in his previous 34 innings hadn't produced a win, so Erik Bedard took the next logical step. He didn't give up any runs at all. Outpitching Kansas City's Gil Meche, Bedard allowed four hits in eight innings Wednesday night and led Baltimore to a 3-0 victory, the fifth straight win for the Orioles and the seventh loss in a row for the hapless Royals.
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The struggling Houston Astros fired  manager Phil Garner and general manager Tim Purpura on Monday,  less than two years after the pair had guided the Major League  Baseball team to their first World Series.
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The Orioles trail 7-0 after Red Sox starter Bronson Arroyo pitches three shutout innings, but rally only to fall short in a 7-5 loss in the opener of a split doubleheader Saturday.
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Two major league officials said that the Los Angeles Dodgers planned to fire Grady Little as their manager and replace him with Joe Torre, who would make Don Mattingly a coach.
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Rookie manager Lee Mazzilli knew all along he would be back in the dugout next season with the Baltimore Orioles. Having gained on-the-job experience in guiding the team to a third-place finish this year, he expects to accomplish even more in 2005.
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No better announcement than that, right? With one out, and the Red Sox trailing by two runs to the Orioles in the sixth inning, Manny Ram&#xED;rez took one of those Manny swings, sending a ball from the hand of Orioles pitcher Adam Loewen long and far and out of Fenway Park.
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Danys Baez is out as he Orioles' setup man and Chad Bradford will now share eighth-inning duties with Jamie Walker.
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Baltimore Ravens sacked long-time head coach Brian Billick on Monday, a day after finishing a disappointing 5-11 season.
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In their first game under interim manager Dave Trembley, the Orioles are blown out by the Padres, 12-6, for their ninth straight loss.
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The New York Mets fired manager Art Howe yesterday but left him in the dugout for the final 2 1/2 weeks of a season gone bad after the All-Star break.
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Slugger Sammy Sosa was introduced as  the newest member of the Baltimore Orioles after his trade from  the Chicago Cubs received the seal of approval from team  doctors and MLB commissioner Bud Selig Wednesday.
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The Baltimore Orioles haven't done many things right over the past several years, but their string of misfortune took a turn for the better last week when owner Peter Angelos hired Andy MacPhail to be CEO and president.
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NEW YORK - It appears the reeling New York Mets are about to make manager Art Howe take the fall. The New York Daily News is reporting that the Mets will fire Howe when the season ends on October 3. Howe still has two years left on his contract.
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The last-place Baltimore Orioles named bullpen coach Dave Trembley interim manager after firing Sam Perlozzo Monday.
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The New York Mets fired manager Art Howe yesterday but left him in the dugout for the final 2-1/2 weeks of a season gone bad after the All-Star break.