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Tigers hire Rays' Metzler as VP, assistant GM
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Tuesday, 25 October 2022 14:21
DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers have hired Tampa Bay scouting director Rob Metzler as vice president and assistant general manager, the team announced Tuesday.Metzler spent 15 seasons with the Rays, working the past seven years as the team's senior director of amateur scouting.He will lead the Tigers' amateur and international scouting departments, working under president of baseball operations Scott Harris."Rob's…
Marlins hire first-timer Schumaker as manager
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Tuesday, 25 October 2022 14:21
The Miami Marlins have hired Skip Schumaker as the team's new manager, the team announced Tuesday.A first-time manager, Schumaker played 11 seasons in the majors, with the first eight coming with the St. Louis Cardinals. He was a part of two World Series-winning Cardinals teams in 2006 and 2011."As we continue to grow as an organization, we felt it was…
Houston Astros superfan Mattress Mack can't lose, no matter who wins the World Series
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Tuesday, 25 October 2022 05:54
INSTEAD OF A bank vault or a Brink's truck, the betting slips from what could be the largest payout in sports gambling history are being guarded by nothing more than an old, tattered Houston Astros backpack. On a recent Tuesday afternoon in Houston, with the MLB playoffs about to begin, the faded blue nylon bag -- its contents worth potentially…
Passan: Are the Astros inevitable? Inside their pursuit of perfection
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Monday, 24 October 2022 14:27
NEW YORK -- There's a hardness to this Houston Astros team, one honed by years hearing every insult imaginable, existing as flypaper for vitriol, living a life of perpetual villainy. It's something that, by now, everyone who wears the uniform understands won't wane, because the narratives that surround them are more stone carvings than pencil drawings. For all their magnificence,…
Bochy takes over Rangers after missing the game
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Monday, 24 October 2022 12:59
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Bruce Bochy has won a World Series in Texas, something the Rangers haven't done. Now he is coming out of a three-year retirement in hopes of getting the home team back there.Bochy, who won the first of his World Series titles with the San Francisco Giants in the old Rangers ballpark in 2010, was introduced Monday by…
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