| Former M's manager not scratching baseball's itch http://seattletimes.nwsourc... Baseball Articles Seattle Times - RICHFIELD, Ohio -- The famous red pickup truck, Mike Hargrove's retirement present to himself, sits in the driveway. The souped-up Harley is in the garage. Inside the Hargroves' sprawling suburban Cleveland home, Mike and his wife, Sharon, are ... |
| McLaren picks a veteran staff http://seattletimes.nwsourc... Baseball Articles Seattle Times - I think we have one of the best coaching staffs in baseball." Bowa, 61, and Jim Riggleman, 54, the new bench coach, each have managed two different major-league teams. New pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre, 65, had a long and decorated tenure on Joe Torre ... |
| Need more than a caddie to help you out of this one http://seattletimes.nwsourc... Baseball Articles Seattle Times - The Red Sox playing World Series games in Denver's threatened Arctic conditions might require some tactical adjustments, veteran baseball observers say. As in: one's a fastball, two's a curveball, three's a snowball. Last writes • Former Notre Dame ... |
| Agent of truth http://www.baltimoresun.com... Baseball Articles Baltimore Sun - Too bad the San Diego Padres aren't in the World Series with their old taco-colored uniforms, but Major League Baseball has teamed with Taco Bell to offer everyone a free taco if anyone steals a base during the Series. You have to show up on a certain ... |
| Millar has fans throwing fits http://www.baltimoresun.com... Baseball Articles Baltimore Sun - One fan - 28-year-old Jon French - posted an online petition, urging president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail to trade Millar, who had gotten the Orioles' permission before traveling to Fenway Park. "It kind of got to me that he identified ... |
| Click thumbnails to zoom http://www.freep.com/apps/p... Baseball Articles Detroit Free Press - Fenway Park, with the closeness and fervor of its fans, has become about the best home-field edge in baseball. The Red Sox are 5-1 there this postseason. The Indians would have had the home-field advantage in the championship series -- would have ... |
| Hillman: Japanese baseball equals MLB http://msn.foxsports.com/ml... Baseball Articles FOXSports.com - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Trey Hillman is one of the few big league managers who has never coached or played in the majors. Will that matter? "It all depends on what you believe is major league baseball," the new skipper of the Kansas City Royals said ... |
| The more baseball, the better for Fox http://www.theglobeandmail.... Baseball Articles Globe and Mail - Please let us know if this reader’s comment breaks the editor's rules and is obscene, abusive, threatening, unlawful, harassing, defamatory, profane or racially offensive by selecting the appropriate option to describe the problem. Do not use this ... |
| Giants get a bitter farewell from the home-run king http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-b... Baseball Articles San Francisco Gate - The Giants, he must surely know, are a lost cause for him, and making Magowan seem venal, short-sighted and a baseball ignoramus in a room full of swells wasn't going to improve Bonds' profile any. So perhaps he wasn't really auditioning for a return ... |
| Challenges put in perspective http://www.boston.com/sport... Baseball Articles Boston Globe - He has all the perspective any baseball man will ever need. He has his 5-year-old daughter, Madison. Madison Hurdle has Prader-Willi Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. It makes Madison different from other kids. Symptoms include low muscle tone ... |