March 5th, 2010 •
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Boston Red Sox, Free Agents, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Tampa Bay Rays, Teams • Tagged as Alex Anthopolous, Andrew Friedman, Andy MacPhail, Bill Smith, Billy Beane, Brian Cashman, Brian Sabean, Dan O'Dowd, Dave Dombrowski, Dayton Moore, Doug Melvin, Ed Wade, Frank Wren, General Manager, gm, Jack Zduriencik, Jed Hoyer, Jim Hendry, John Mozeliak, Jon Daniels, Josh Byrnes, kenny williams, Larry Beinfest, Mark Shapiro, Mike Rizzo, Neal Huntington, Ned Colletti, Omar Minaya, Ruben Amaro Jr, Theo Epstein, Tony Reagins, Walt Jocketty
Tim Marchman of Sports Illustrated recently ranks all 30 Major League General Managers. So we must ask ourselves how do you measure a GM’s success? Is it dollars spent per win? Playoff appearances? Do you take into account the minor league system and player development? The Twins may not be a power house but they [...]
February 18th, 2010 •
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Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals, Rumors, Teams • Tagged as Bud Selig, Chris Antonetti, Eric Wedge, Grady Sizemore, Mark Shapiro, Shin-Soo Choo
Mark Shapiro will be moving up to assume the role of club president after the 2010 campaign. Chris Antonetti is rumored to be the replacement for Shapiro. Currently Antonetti is Shapiro’s assistant. Shapiro has had the role of general manager for the Indians going on nine seasons. He started with the Indians back in 1992 [...]
November 30th, 2009 •
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Cleveland Indians, Teams • Tagged as Grady Sizemore, Mark Shapiro
After being limited to 106 games last year due to an elbow injury and sports hernia, Cleveland Indians’ star centerfielder Grady Sizemore’s luck does not appear to be getting any better. The Associated Press reported that Sizemore contacted Major League Baseball investigators to have them stop the publication of some risque’ photos of himself that he [...]