Archive for January, 2007
Coffey will get early start (Yahoo! Sports)
While most relief pitchers walk slowly to the mound as if a blindfold and a last cigarette await them, Todd…
Posted: January 30th, 2007.
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Narron high on Hamilton (Yahoo! Sports)
Cincinnati Reds manager Jerry Narron’s sessions with Josh Hamilton have gone well enough that Narron is…
Posted: January 25th, 2007.
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Athletics trade Saarloos to Cincinnati (AP)
The Oakland Athletics traded pitcher Kirk Saarloos to the Reds on Tuesday, giving the right-hander a chance to win a spot at the back end of Cincinnati’s rotation. Oakland got minor league reliever David Shafer in the deal. Each team also received a player to be named. The 27-year-old Saarloos went 7-7 with two saves […]
Posted: January 23rd, 2007.
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Athletics trade RHP Saarloos to Reds (PA SportsTicker)
The Oakland Athletics on Tuesday traded righthander Kirk Saarloos to the Cincinnati Reds for minor-league righthander David Shafer and a player to be named.
Posted: January 23rd, 2007.
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Athletics trade RHP Saarloos to Cincinnati (AP)
The Oakland Athletics traded pitcher Kirk Saarloos to the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday for minor league reliever David Shafer. Each team also received a player to be named. The 27-year-old Saarloos went 7-7 with two saves and a 4.75 ERA last season for the AL West champions. After being Oakland’s No. 5 starter in 2005, […]
Posted: January 23rd, 2007.
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Lopez, Nationals agree to $3.9 million, 1-year deal (AP)
Felipe Lopez and the Washington Nationals avoided arbitration by agreeing to a $3.9 million, one-year deal Monday. Lopez and the club met right in the middle: He had asked for $4.1 million when he filed for arbitration, while the Nationals submitted a $3.7 million offer. Lopez made $2.7 million last year.
Posted: January 22nd, 2007.
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Former pitcher and pitching coach Ruhle dead at 55 (PA SportsTicker)
Former Cincinnati Reds pitching coach Vern Ruhle died Satuday night due to complications from a donor stem cell transplant for the treatment of multiple myeloma, the team announced on Sunday.
Posted: January 21st, 2007.
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Vern Ruhle, ex-pitcher and coach, dies at 55 (AP)
Vern Ruhle, a former major league pitcher and coach for several teams, died after a yearlong battle with cancer. He was 55. Ruhle died Saturday at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston of complications from treatment for multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow, the Cincinnati Reds said Sunday. Ruhle pitched for Detroit, Houston, […]
Posted: January 21st, 2007.
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Womack, Lee, Jimenez agree to minor league deals with Nationals (AP)
Tony Womack and the Washington Nationals have agreed to a minor league deal that would pay the veteran infielder $600,000 if he makes the 40-man roster. Womack was among 12 players who agreed to minor league contracts with invitations to spring training, a group that also includes first baseman Travis Lee and infielder D’Angelo Jimenez.
Posted: January 18th, 2007.
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A right move for Griffey? (Yahoo! Sports)
The expected news is that Ken Griffey Jr. remains on schedule to be ready for spring training.
Posted: January 18th, 2007.
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