Davidson among rehired umps
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Bob Davidson spent last season umpiring in the Class-A Midwest League, where he made just $13,000. He was on the road from April 4 to Sept.
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Jim Leyland just might be ready to manage a Major League Baseball team again, and he will reportedly interview for jobs with the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets, according to the NY Daily News.
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When the Houston Astros were fading from the National League Central Division race in July, their general manager, Gerry Hunsicker, took calls from contenders who were looking to cherry-pick the Houston roster.
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CHICAGO WHITE SOX_Claimed RHP Bobby Jenks off waivers from Anaheim. Designated RHP Eduardo Villacis for assignment. Agreed to terms with OF Timo Perez on a one-year contract.
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An epidemic has erupted in the postseason. In the first seven division series games, managers used their closers for three innings three times.
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Carlos Delgado is letting the teams come to him. Owner Tom Hicks is among a group of Texas Rangers officials scheduled to meet with Delgado in Puerto Rico on Friday, a day after New York Mets executives get together for a second meeting with the left-handed slugger.
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Texas Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo interviewed with the New York Mets on Friday, the second candidate to apply for the managerial opening since the firing of Art Howe.
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Houston Astros right-hander Roy Oswalt will replace injured Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz on the National League All-Star roster.
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Brian Cashman's job is safe &#151; at least for now. The rest of the New York Yankees have plenty to worry about this winter. Soon after the Yankees completed a historic collapse against Boston in the AL playoffs, volatile owner George Steinbrenner told Cashman, the team's general manager, that he will not be fired before next season.
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The Mets, seeking to inject some life into a struggling offense, have fired their hitting coach, Rick Down, and have added Rickey Henderson to the coaching staff.
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Former New York Yankees hitting coach Rick Down was hired for the same job by the Mets on Friday, reuniting him with new manager Willie Randolph.
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Mets general manager Omar Minaya shook up New York's coaching staff Wednesday while continuing to search for a manager to replace Art Howe.
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Bob Melvin became available on the managerial, free-agent market on Monday, and although the Diamondbacks wouldn&#39;t say publicly whether they have interest in their former bench coach, it&#39;s safe to assume they do after he was fired as skipper of the
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Manager Phil Garner and general manager Tim Purpura were fired Monday by the Houston Astros, less than two years after leading the team to its first World Series appearance. Bench coach Cecil Cooper was appointed interim manager and team president Tal Smith will serve as interim general manager.
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George Steinbrenner is replacing a Yankee Legend.
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ATLANTA - John Smoltz has been a part of some big-time starting rotations in Atlanta. Now heâll be one of the biggest names in a rebuilt Braves rotation that general manager John Schuerholz says may be the best he has assembled in Atlanta.
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The Nationals' starting rotation, littered with cheap retreads and fringe prospects a year ago, has upgraded across the board with a group of solid prospects.