Cox, Showalter Honored as Top Managers
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Bobby Cox, who has guided the  Atlanta Braves to a record 13 straight division titles, has  been named the 2004 National League Manager of the Year.
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SEATTLE MARINERS-Named Mike Hargrove manager and agreed to terms on a three-year contract. SAN ANGELO COLTS-Released 1B Toby Rumfield.
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Bobby Cox's cigar might still stink, but at least his team didn't. The Atlanta Braves manager said he enjoyed his postgame treat a little bit more than usual on Monday, because it was a victory cigar.
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The Sporting News - Joe Torre, Dodgers, and Joe Girardi, Yankees. For just the second time in 99 years, both the Yankees and Dodgers -- teams with some of the richest history in baseball -- enter the year with new managers. It last happened in 1947, when Dodgers manager Leo Durocher was suspended for "conduct detrimental to baseball," most notably for associating with gamblers, a charge in part instigated by Durocher's rivals in the Yankees' front office. That year, under fill-in Burt Shotton, the Dodgers went to the World Series, where they met (and lost to) the Yankees and their new manager, Bucky Harris. ...
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Some area executives played a big role this year in helping to shape the region's evolving business community.
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NEW YORK (Ticker) - Buck Showalter, who kept the surprising Texas Rangers in contention into the final week of the season, edged Ron Gardenhire of the Minnesota Twins in voting for American League Manager of the Year honors, revealed Wednesday.
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Arsenal's Arsene Wenger and Jose Reyes win the manager and player of the month awards.
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NEW YORK : The New York Mets formally introduced Willie Randolph as the 18th manager in the history of the major league baseball club, giving the veteran coach an opportunity that had often eluded him.
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Mike Hampton strolled off the mound Tuesday after another baby step in his comeback from elbow surgery. Bobby Cox was waiting eagerly near the first-base line. "Thatta boy, Mike," the Atlanta Braves' manager said. "Did it feel good?" "It felt pretty good," Hampton replied, shrugging his shoulders.
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A major league meltdown by a minor league manager earned him a three-game suspension and worldwide fame on the Internet. Combining bits of Earl Weaver, Billy Martin and Lou Piniella, the weekend tantrum by Double-A manager Phillip Wellman prompted his bosses at the Atlanta Braves to take action Monday.
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NEW YORK -- Gil Hodges and Ron Santo top the players' ballot and Doug Harvey and Marvin Miller head the officials' hopefuls in the Hall of Fame Veterans Committee vote to be announced Tuesday.
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The search for a full-time replacement for fired manager Bob Brenly has produced a trio of finalists, former Seattle manager Bob Melvin; Manny Acta, who spent three years as Montreal&#39;s third-base coach; and minor league manager Wally Backman.
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After Mariano Rivera got routed in his major league debut, manager Buck Showalter offered an observation. &quot;Hopefully, Mariano will learn from it,&quot; Showalter said.
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NEW YORK -- Art Howe was fired as manager of the Mets on Wednesday, but will honor general manager Jim Duquette&#39;s request to finish the season.
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Houston Astros righthander Roger Clemens and Arizona Diamondbacks lefthander Randy Johnson are the two favorites for the award given to the league&#39;s top pitcher.
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Nomar Garciaparra of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago White Sox's Jim Thome were named Comeback Players of the Year on Saturday.
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The fact that Cam Neely drew the biggest ovation during introductions at last Tuesday's State of the Bruins event at TD Banknorth Garden - executive vice president Charlie Jacobs, general manager Peter Chiarelli, captain Zdeno Chara, and leading scorer Marc Savard were also in attendance - underscored what season ticket-holders like to see from the Black-and-Gold: