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Wally Backman was hired to manage the Brooklyn Cyclones, Mets minor League team.

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AL Manager of the Year is Mike Scioscia manager of the Angels.

NL Manager of the Year is Jim Tracey manager of the Rockies.

Good choices on both. :tu

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I thought Ron Washington was gonna get AL manager of the year. Scioscia was a good pick I guess, surprised Girardi didn't get much attention since he won a WS.

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Probably because he was expected to have a good winning team. The award is also voted on before postseason starts.

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And Scioscia didn't? The Angels have a mighty big payroll too.

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I think the Angels had more negatives happen to them starting with the death, then having most of their starters go on the DL, and some other big position player injuries. I really never expect a Yankees Manager to ever win this award. It is difficult for any Yankee to win these awards since they have so many haters amoung the sports writers.

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Art Savage, the majority owner of the Sacramento River Cats, the Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, has died. He was 58.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/1...age-dies-at-58

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Alex Cora is staying with the New York Mets, agreeing Monday to a $2 million, one-year contract with a vesting option for 2011.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/1...stay-with-mets

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Another aging veteran...:td

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I can't imagine anyone paying Cora that kind of money, he wasn't even a good back up when he was on the Sox :confused:

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And the way the Mets seems to hit the DL you know he will be starting by May. :r

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Roy Halladay has put some pressure on the Blue Jays and the rest of baseball. It is being reported that he will only approve a trade this offseason. If he is not traded before he reports to spring training he will not waive his no-trade clause because he does not want to deal with what happened this past season.

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Good for him. The way the Jays handled the situation around the deadline was poor.

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Doc even said that was what caused him to lose focus. It will be interesting to see who gets him if anyone this winter.

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Mets, Mets, Mets!!

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To get Doc? :r

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He said it three times, maybe he's hoping for a third place finish this year? :D

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It's not like we don't have money. Why not!!

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The Jays want young talent, something the Mets lack considerably.

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I think what will keep him from going to the Mets is the lack of a chance to win a championship.

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True statement there...absolutely nothing down on the farm.

If the Mets can stay healthy and get some PITCHING...we have a shot.

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Even with Doc I don't see the Mets winning the Wild Card. The NL East is pretty far away with Philly in charge. But you never know, that is why they play the games.

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And they just signed Brian Schnieder as their back-up.

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Bily Wagner has signed with the Atlanta Braves. $7M for 2010 and a $6.5M option for 2011.

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The Red Sox have signed Marco Scutaro for 2 years with an option for a 3rd year.

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Chone Figgins has jumped to the Mariners. 4 years and $36M.

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He could have gotten more...

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Pudge goes to the Washington Nationals, 2 yrs $6M.

Brad Penny goes to the St. Louis Cardinals, 1 yr $7.5M + $1.5M in performance bonuses.

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Pudge to the Nationals...I like this!! :tu

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Pudge is a great player. Good luck to him with the Nationals thought:rolleyes:

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Looks like the three way blockbuster between the Tigers, Yanks, and Dbacks is going through. Yankees get Granderson, tigers get Coke, Max Scherzer, Daniel Schlereth, Austin Jackson, Phil Coke, Dbacks get Jackson and Ian Kennedy.

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Pudge WAS a great player. He did not help the Rangers make the playoffs, and will not make the Nats a .500 team.

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He's an improvement over Josh Bard.

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Peter Gammons is leaving ESPN and going over to the MLB Network.

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Thats your opinion though;)

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Sucks for ESPN but rocks for MLB network.

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That depends on your view of Peter Gammons. :r

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Now it's REALLY unlikely Matsui is coming back. I say Damon does as DH.

Granderson is gonna fit in perfectly and excell in Yankee Stadium.

It's gonna be really painful to be a Red Sox fan for quite some time.

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Sucks for me too. I don't get MLB network.

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Peter Gammons is leaving ESPN and going to be the in studio analyst for NESN.
Peter is back home with the RED SOX:tuhttp:
http://www.nesn.com/2009/12/peter-ga...m-in-2010.html

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The Brewers are getting Randy Wolfe 3 yrs $29.75M.

The Rangers traded Kevin Millwood and $3M to the Orioles for Chris Ray and a player to be named later.

The Marlins traded Matt Lindstrom to the Astros for 2 low level minor league players.

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Red Sox & Rangers have reached a preliminary trade.

Rangers get Mike Lowell and about $12M to cover his salary for 2010

Red Sox get Max Ramirez 1B/C

Deal still requires final approval from Red Sox ownership and MLB.

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Austin Jackson finally gets his shot.

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I think he had a good chance at making the Yankees roster in 2010 if they left the outfield as is. I could have seen Austin in CF, Melky in RF, Gardner in LF with Swisher playing mostly DH and giving a break to the 3 outfielders. The lineup definately looks better with CG though.

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Granderson is gonna love that short porch in right field.

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Yes he is. Kevin Long will also be working with him well before spring training on increasing his OBP and cutting down on the K's. Of course he should see a lot of fastballs with Jeter on base in front of him and Teixeira hitting behind him.

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Yanks gave up a lot for a 243 hitter:confused:

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Not so fast, Girardi might give up number 28 and let Granderson keep it even though Girardi was gonna wear it to signify the 28th World Championship due to be awarded next Fall.:tu

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Actually he hit .249 ;) He also hit thirty home runs, is fast in the field, stole 20 bases, hit 23 doubles and 8 triples, had 71 RBIs and 91 runs, and was an all star last year. The only knock against him is he struggles mightily against left handed pitching. But thats okay, I think we will see an improvement in just about every category next year. Kevin Long and that short porch will help him a ton :2

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He'll never see left-handed pitching in the AL East....:r:r