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Miller Park to get upgrades this winter

Work is under way on a number of projects in and around Miller Park this off-season. Perhaps the biggest change is the renovation of the existing merchandise store on the Terrace Level. The store is being revamped on a smaller scale and modeled after the team store on the stadium&...
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Tracy, Scioscia on top

One guy is a staple at the top of his division and in the running every season. The other guy wasn't even a manager when the season started. Yet each was named his league's manager of the year.
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Brewers protect prospects

Unwilling to lose two of their prospects, the Milwaukee Brewers added outfielder Lorenzo Cain and right-hander Amaury Rivas to the 40-man roster Wednesday to protect them from the Rule 5 draft at the winter meetings in December.
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Greinke leads the pack

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Kansas City Royals right-hander Zack Greinke was named the American League Cy Young Award winner Tuesday by the Baseball Writers Association of America in what became a laugher of a race.
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Looper decision aims to free money for pitching

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In another move designed to clear money to pursue free-agent starting pitchers, the Brewers declined their half of a $6.5 million mutual option for 2010 on the contract of right-hander Braden Looper.
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Keeping the silver streak going

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Ryan Braun has played only two full seasons in the major leagues. In each of them, the Milwaukee Brewers' leftfielder claimed a Silver Slugger Award.
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Joining the arms race

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As badly as the Milwaukee Brewers could use a top-of-the-rotation pitcher, it's unlikely they will be able to get into serious bidding for right-hander John Lackey, the top starter on the free-agent market.
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Brewers hope youngsters catch on

The Milwaukee Brewers, who already have committed to young players at the key positions of shortstop and center field for 2010, are considering doing likewise at the vitally important catching spot.
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Brewers' youth puts pennant further away

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The Brewers are going to open the 2010 season with 23-year-old Alcides Escobar and 24-year-old Carlos Gomez as the backbone of their up-the-middle defense. What was the last really good team to throw such a youthful combo out there?
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The Drill: Braun hits 39 homers. . . . in 2010

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Included in "The Bill James Handbook 2010" are projections for regular major-league hitters and pitchers next season. James freely admits that his system of predicting future performance, based on the age of the player and his past performances, is not fail-safe...
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Brewers trade Hardy for Gomez

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The Brewers traded shortstop J.J. Hardy to the Minnesota Twins Friday for outfielder Carlos Gomez, a speedster who has been an offensive underachiever.
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A household name

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If the national baseball audience wasn't fully aware of the kind of hitter Chase Utley is, they know now. The Philadelphia Phillies' talented second baseman has morphed into a combination of Babe Ruth and Reggie Jackson in the World Series, socking five home runs in the...
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Pinstriped predicament

As might be expected, the Yankees told anybody who would listen Tuesday that they're still in the driver's seat in the World Series. Up three games to two over the Phillies, that's true. But the question many folks asked was this: How much gas is left in the pinstriped car?
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Brewers by the numbers

"The Bill James Handbook 2010," which was published this month, carries some statistical nuggets about some of the Milwaukee Brewers regulars. For example....
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The Drill: Ranking the Fall Classic home runs

We've seen the tape of many of these classic Fall Classic home runs. Let's rank them from 1 to 10...
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Game 5 report: Phillies vs. Yankees

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INSIDE PITCH PLAYER OF THE GAME Phillies second baseman Chase Utley continued his long-ball barrage with two more home runs. Utley tied Reggie Jackson's record of five home runs in a World Series, set in 1977. He also became only the second player with two multi-homer games in...
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'Underdog' A-Rod relaxed, producing

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Alex Rodriguez has known all along that he won't be considered a real New York Yankee until he has a World Series ring on his finger.
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Philly victory sets up a mound of questions

The pitching plans of the respective World Series managers took an intriguing turn Monday night.
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2010 spring schedule set

The Milwaukee Brewers announced their 2010 spring training exhibition schedule Monday, beginning with a game March 4 against San Francisco in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Yankees pitchers shutting down Howard

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Phillies slugger Ryan Howard, a one-man wrecking crew during the first two rounds of the postseason, was an offensive no-show during Games 2 and 3 of the World Series.
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Yankees pull out another

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Johnny Damon refused to give in, and now the New York Yankees are one victory away from their first World Series championship in nine years.
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Hamels looks for redemption

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Cole Hamels admitted Friday that the 2009 baseball season has been a "learning experience" for him. And some of those lessons have been painful.
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No Game 4 for Lee

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Once Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel learned that left-hander Cliff Lee never has pitched on short rest, it made his Game 4 pitching decision much easier.
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Bosio takes scouting job

The Milwaukee Brewers announced Friday that Chris Bosio will be their advance scout for the 2010 season.
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The Drill: Barely home runs

There's nothing like a player hitting a titanic home run. . . but even the ones that barely make it over the fence count just as much. According to the Web site HitTracker.com, two Brewers made the top-10 list for "just enough" home runs in the National League.
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