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| Lee captures AL Cy Young |
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11/13/2008 |
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| fth time two different pitchers from the same team won the AL Cy Young Award in successive years. The others were the New York Yankees' Sparky Lyle (1977) and Ron Guidry (1978), the Baltimore Orioles' Mike Flanagan (1979) and Steve Stone (1980), the Milwaukee Brewers' Rollie Fingers (1981) and Pete Vuckovich (1982) and the Blue Jays' Pat Hentgen (1996) and Roger Clemens (1997). It has happened three times in the National League. Halladay, the 2003 winner of this award, was 20-11 with a 2.78 earned run average an |
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| Lincecum could give Giants second Cy Young winner |
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11/10/2008 |
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| oung Award. But he split his next six starts after that, likely costing him a chance at the award. CC Sabathia, the AL's reigning Cy Young Award winner, should also get some recognition after going 11-2 with a miniscule 1.85 ERA in 17 starts for the Milwaukee Brewers after being acquired from the Cleveland Indians. He also led the NL with seven complete games and tied for the league lead with three shutouts. Of course, though, his chances are hurt by the fact that he pitched just over a half of the season in the |
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| Randolph agrees to become Brewers bench coach |
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11/08/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (BettingExpress) - Former New York Mets manager Willie Randolph has been named the new bench coach of the Milwaukee Brewers. "We are very pleased to add Willie to the organization as he brings recent National League expertise and success to our coaching staff," said Milwaukee general manager Doug Melvin. "His reputation as a player is a quality that will be valuable in his teaching and coaching of our talented young team. Willie is a professional both on and off the field." Randolph was the manage |
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| Brewers fill out coaching staff |
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11/04/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (BettingExpress) - The Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday announced most of the coaching staff of new manager Ken Macha. Macha was announced as the new skipper this past Thursday, and will have Dale Sveum as his hitting coach. Sveum, returning for his fourth season with the Brewers, served as interim manager for Milwaukee's final 12 games of the 2008 regular season after Ned Yost was fired. Sveum led the Brewers to the playoffs as the National League wild card. Also on Macha's staff is Bill Castro, who |
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| Rangers name Mike Maddux pitching coach |
MLB Baseball |
11/03/2008 |
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| n contention each of the last two years, and also helped develop young pitchers. Andy did an admirable job under tough circumstances this season and we welcome him back to the staff as bullpen coach." Maddux, 47, served as the pitching coach for the Milwaukee Brewers from 2003-08. His pitching staff ranked second in the National League with a 3.85 ERA this past season, the lowest figure by a Milwaukee club in 16 years. The brother of four-time Cy Young award-winner Greg Maddux, Mike played 15 seasons in the majo |
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| Brewers exercise option on Cameron |
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11/03/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (BettingExpress) - The Milwaukee Brewers announced Monday that they have exercised the 2009 option on the contract of outfielder Mike Cameron. Cameron, who was signed as a free agent prior to last season from San Diego, hit .243 with 25 homers and 70 RBI in 120 games for the NL wild card winners. He added 25 doubles and swiped 17 bases. A three-time Gold Glove winner and 14-year major league veteran, Cameron is a career .250 hitter with 241 homers, 856 RBI and 289 stolen bases over 1,680 games wit |
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| Milwaukee declines option on Counsell |
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10/31/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (BettingExpress) - The Milwaukee Brewers declined the 2009 club option for infielder Craig Counsell, the team announced Friday. Counsell batted .226 with a homer and 14 runs batted in during 110 games this season for Milwaukee. In 13 seasons with the Rockies, Marlins, Dodgers, Diamondbacks and Brewers, Counsell has a .255 batting average with 35 homers and 321 RBI in 1,285 games. He has won two World Series titles, in 1997 with Florida and in 2001 with Arizona. In both series, he scored the game-e |
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| City of Brotherly Love ecstatic as Phils celebrate title |
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10/31/2008 |
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| us up and cheer us on like (they did) this year." A party which was a quarter-century in the making lasted almost five hours and early reports from several local sources estimated that two million fans flooded into the city. The team dispatched the Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays -- losing just one game to each team -- to capture the championship. They became the first team since the 1999 New York Yankees to win the title while going undefeated at home in the postseason. Philadelphia w |
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| Brewers name Macha new manager |
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10/30/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (BettingExpress) - The Milwaukee Brewers named former Oakland Athletics skipper Ken Macha manager on Thursday. The Brewers signed Macha, 58, to a two-year contract, which runs through the 2010 season. "Today's manager must blend old-school teaching and instructing methods with the new age statistical analysis," said Brewers executive vice president and general manager Doug Melvin. "Ken has been exposed to both styles and has the baseball intelligence to understand that both lead to success. Among |
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| Report: Brewers set to name Macha new manager |
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10/30/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (BettingExpress) - The Milwaukee Brewers have scheduled a Thursday afternoon press conference to introduce their new manager and reports indicate that Ken Macha has been selected to fill the vacancy. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported Thursday that Brewers general manager Doug Melvin had already settled on the former Oakland skipper, but had to wait until the conclusion of the World Series to honor the moratorium on making such announcements. Macha guided the Athletics to a record of 368-280 |
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