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Odds & Ends: McCourt, Manny, Duncan, Blue Jays

Found October 22, 2009 on MLB Trade Rumors:
PLAYERS: Manny Ramirez,  Rafael Soriano,  Clint Nageotte,  Jose Cruz Jr.
TEAMS: Los Angeles Dodgers,  Atlanta Braves,  New York Mets

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A few links to check out between ALCS pitches... Jon Heyman of SI.com reports that Dodgers' owner Frank McCourt has fired his wife, Jamie, as CEO of the team. The McCourt's are famously going through what will likely be a messy divorce, and Jamie's lawyers maintain that "she owns 50 percent of the team." Diamond Leung tweets that the Dodgers and GM Ned Colletti are planning on having Manny Ramirez around next year. Manny has a $20MM player option that he has until shortly after the World Series to exercise. Now that they've brought in hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo, Mark Potash of The Chicago Sun Times wants to see the Cubs go after pitching coach Dave Duncan. Duncan has said he's going to wait and see what Tony LaRussa does before deciding on his coaching future. ESPN's Keith Law, former special assistant to the GM in Toronto, mentioned a few interesting Blue Jays' non-trades in his chat today. He says that the M...
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