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Nats fill out coaching staff
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The Washington Nationals named their coaching staff for 2010 on Friday, bringing back three members of the 2009 staff and adding a trio of connections from manager Jim Riggleman's past jobs in baseball. Rick Eckstein (hitting coach), Pat Listach (third-base coach) and Steve McCatty...
Strasburg scratched from championship start
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From combined dispatches The Washington Nationals said No. 1 overall draft pick Stephen Strasburg has a twisted left knee and was scratched from his start in the Arizona Fall League championship game. Strasburg was hurt during a workout Thursday, and an MRI exam showed inflammation...
Sharp mind is Strasburg's secret weapon
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PHOENIX The first thing everyone notices about Stephen Strasburg is the fastball. Really, it's not even fair to call it a simple fastball, as though it were some 92 mph four-seamer coming out of the hand of Joe Blanton or Jeff Suppan. No, this is a high-and-tight heater that...
Baseball's former union boss up for Hall
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There are few topics in sports that generate more debate than the selections for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. And this year, the debate is centering on one man who never put on a uniform or swung a bat. A special voting panel will be presented next month with a ballot of 10...
Johnson joins Nationals front office
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The Washington Nationals offseason-long quest to burnish their front office is complete, by general manager Mike Rizzos estimation, and it got possibly its most high-profile addition on Wednesday. The Nationals named Davey Johnson, veteran of four major-league managerial jobs and...
Greinke is clear-cut winner of AL Cy Young
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NEW YORK | When the phone rang, Zack Greinke let it go - he didn't recognize the number. Only after listening to the voice mail did he call back and find out he had won the American League Cy Young Award. The Kansas City Royals ace easily beat out Felix Hernandez for the honor...
Nationals hire McLaren as bench coach
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The Washington Nationals hired John McLaren as bench coach, the first staff change since Jim Riggleman took over as permanent manager, a club source confirmed. McLaren, 58, was manager of the Seattle Mariners in 2007 and 2008, posting a combined 68-88 record before getting fired...
Royals ace Greinke wins Cy Young
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NEW YORK | Zack Greinke won the American League Cy Young Award on Tuesday, beating Felix Hernandez after a spectacular season short on wins but long on domination. Greinke went 16-8 with a 2.16 ERA for the Kansas City Royals. Hernandez went 19-5 with a 2.49 ERA for the Seattle Mariners...
Coghlan, Bailey earn rookie of year honors
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From staff and wire reports Florida Marlins left fielder Chris Coghlan won the National League rookie of the year award in a close vote Monday, and Oakland Athletics closer Andrew Bailey took the AL honor. Coghlan edged Philadelphia Phillies pitcher J.A. Happ, receiving 17 first...
Dick Heller: Winning is the best incentive
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Be still, my heart: The Nationals have introduced "great value-packed incentives" for those deluded folks who sign up for 2010 season-ticket packages. When I heard this, I barely could contain my excitement. Was the club guaranteeing an improved record next season? (Of...
Riggleman keeps 'dream' job with Nationals
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Jim Riggleman officially became the Washington Nationals' full-time manager Thursday when the 57-year-old Rockville native was reintroduced during a news conference at Nationals Park. The path that led to this quiet, veteran baseball man getting the "interim" label...
Nationals' Zimmerman receives Silver Slugger
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One day after getting recognized for his superior defensive skills, Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman was honored for being one of the sport's best offensive players as well. Zimmerman won his first Silver Slugger Award on Thursday, selected by National League...
Loverro: Rizzo's choice feels right now - but later?
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The most important decision a general manager in baseball can make is choosing a manager. That's the kind of decision someone who aspires to be a GM thinks of when he dreams of running a baseball team. Somehow I doubt Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo used to think to himself...
Riggleman lands dream job with Nationals
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The Washington Nationals formally introduced — make that re-introduced — Jim Riggleman as the team's manager on Wednesday afternoon, removing the interim status he held since July. The 57-year-old Rockville native, who grew up a Senators fan, called this his "...
Nationals keeping Riggleman as manager
9 days ago by
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The Washington Nationals selected Jim Riggleman as their 2010 manager, promoting the former interim skipper to the full-time position. Riggleman was informed of the decision Wednesday, according to multiple club sources. A news conference is scheduled for Thursday afternoon to announce...
Nationals' Zimmerman earns first Gold Glove
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There was plenty of complicated statistical evidence that suggested Ryan Zimmerman was the National League's best defensive third baseman this season. Despite his impressive baseball IQ, though, the Washington Nationals star doesn't get caught up in arcane measurements like...
Riggleman selected as Nats' full-time manager
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The Washington Nationals selected Jim Riggleman as their 2010 manager, promoting the former interim skipper to the full-time position. Riggleman was informed of the decision Wednesday, according to club sources. A formal announcement is expected Thursday. General manager Mike Rizzo...
Zimmerman wins Gold Glove award
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Ryan Zimmerman won his first Rawlings Gold Glove award on Wednesday, yet another affirmation of the finest season of the Washington Nationals third baseman's career to date. Zimmerman, regarded as an exceptional defensive player by the Nationals from the moment they drafted him...
NBA great Abdul-Jabbar has leukemia
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and the basketball great said his prognosis is encouraging. The NBA's all-time leading scorer was diagnosed last December with chronic myeloid leukemia, he told The Associated Press on Monday....
First Down: Girardi's selfless act
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Yankees' manager far from an average Joe The best test of a person's character is what he does when no one is watching. Joe Girardi passed with a perfect score in the early hours Thursday morning. After consistently and subtly pulling the right strings during the World Series...
Strained muscle sidelines Strasburg
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Top Washington Nationals pitching prospect Stephen Strasburg was scratched from his scheduled start in Saturday's Arizona Fall League Rising Stars Game because of a neck strain. Strasburg, the top pick in June's draft, was slated to start the exhibition, which pits the best...
Heller: McGwire's mum return
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The sadly misguided St. Louis Cardinals have hired Mark McGwire as a hitting coach for 2010. The question is, why in the name of Stan the Man do they want him? No matter how good he might be in the role - and I suspect not very - let's call it a Cardinal sin. Look at the record...
Big spending, big return for Yankees
15 days ago by
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NEW YORK | As the New York Yankees mobbed one another on the Yankee Stadium mound Wednesday night, exercising their World Series rite of passage to act like the world's richest 12-year-olds, it was easy to mistake the dogpile for a group of baseball players celebrating the conclusion...
Loverro: Business as usual for baseball's bully
15 days ago by
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Years ago, the saying about Yankees fans was that rooting for the New York Yankees was like rooting for U.S. Steel. Let's modernize it a bit: Rooting for the 2009 World Series champion New York Yankees is like rooting for AIG. The Yankees are the perfect symbol for the times...
Matsui's monster day lifts Yankees to title
16 days ago by
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The idea of Hideki Matsui always had been bigger than the ballplayer himself. How could it not be? By the time he arrived in New York in 2003, he already had been in the American conscience since he was a 20-year-old phenom playing in the 1994 Japan Series while baseball fans in...
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