Dave Littlefield to Join the Cubs

Former general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Dave Littlefield has joined the Chicago Cubs as an advanced scout. Littlefield aged 47, was fired by Pittsburgh after the Pirates went 442-581 for a .432 winning percentage in his six-plus seasons as general manager. During his long career, Dave with the Pirates, Florida Marlins and Detroit Tigers. Hopefully, he will manage to do much for the Cubs this season.

Add comment December 24th, 2007

The Milwaukee Brewers Traded Mota from the Mets

The Brewers and the Mets have recently exchanged their players. Milwaukee sent catcher Johnny Estrada to the Mets and got reliever Guillermo Mota in exchange. Mota is a 34 year-old reliever who is coming off his ninth Major League season. His experience with the Mets ended up with 2-2 with a 5.76 ERA in 52 appearances after returning from a 50-game suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs. The Mets, in their turn, contracted Johnny Estrada to a two-year, $5 million contract that will pay $3.2 million in 2008.

Add comment December 20th, 2007

Mariano Rivera and His Attitude to Drug Use in the Game

Mariano Rivera is one of those people who is not indifferent to baseball. He tries to stay away from everything connected with the use of performance-enhancing drugs in the game. Therefore he was not that much interested in the last week’s report from the former Senator George J. Mitchell. To prevent such things Rivera prefers to counsel teammates and speak up in meetings, but he prepares on his own and keeps things simple.

Add comment December 18th, 2007

Ritch Price will Join a Raw of Eminent National Head Coaches

Avid baseball fans know who Ritch Price is. He is a Kansas baseball coach, who has recently been named an assistant coach on the national team last week. Therefore, Price is going to spend summer with the USA National baseball team. At this, he will join Jerry Meyers, Old Dominion baseball coach, and Nino Giarratanao, University of San Francisco baseball coach, as assistants to national head coach Rob Walton.

Add comment December 13th, 2007

Baseball transactions

Baseball transactions

Monday has brought the following changes in the world of baseball:

MLB. MLB-Suspended Oakland minor league C Raul Padron for the first 50 games of the 2008 season.

American League. BOSTON RED SOX- Named Kevin Boles manager, Billy McMillon hitting coach and Bob Kipper pitching coach for Greenville (SAL).

National League. CINCINNATI REDS-Named Michael E. Anderson public relations manager for business operations.

HOUSTON ASTROS-Named Luis Pujols manager for Corpus Christi (Texas).

American Association. EL PASO DIABLOS-Agreed to terms with RHP Josh Neitz.

ST. PAUL SAINTS-Agreed to terms with OF Andre Marshall.

SIOUX FALLS CANARIES-Agreed to terms with LHP Josh Kite and LHP Ryan Ford.

Can-Am League. ATLANTIC CITY SURF-Agreed to terms with OF Chaz Lytle and INF Logan Christensen.

Northern League. JOLIET JACKHAMMERS-Named Wally Backman field manager.

Add comment December 11th, 2007

No Suspension of Jose Guillen

Controversy surfaced yesterday regarding Guillen even before the Kansas City Royals were able to confirm that the player had been added to the roster. It was reported that union officials were negotiating with MLB officials on terms of a suspension for Jose Guillen that resulted from his alleged purchase of human growth hormone and steroids from May 2002 through June 2005. The report caught the Kansas City Royals off-guard and drew a quick denial from the league’s executive vice president for labor relations Rob Manfred.

Add comment December 7th, 2007

New Baseball Hall of Famers

Commissioner Bud Selig commended the Hall Of Fame voters for selecting Kuhn throwing his support behind Marvin Miller, who was left out by the Veterans Committee for the 2nd time this year. Selig said he was surprised that Miller didn’t receive the required support given his important impact on baseball. However, Miller himself was not surprised. It was enough for him to look at the panel to understand that his chances of induction were slim.

Add comment December 5th, 2007

Baseball Hall of Fame: Kuhn, O’Malley and 3 more

Famous baseball players Bowie Kuhn (who died in March at the age of 80), Walter O’Malleyand 3 more were featured on the Baseball Hall of Fame while Marvin Miller, who faces different attitudes from different people, was snubbed. The reaction was quite ambiguous. The five elected will be incorporated into the Hall on July 27 in Cooperstown, N.Y. They will be joined by any players elected in traditional voting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America to be announced Jan. 8.

Add comment December 4th, 2007

Johan Santana Destiny

With the MLB Winter Meetings about to start, here are some updates on the states of trade discussions for Johan Santana. According to a person close to the Minnesota Twins’ talks, the team is going to take a hard line in trade negotiations involving Johan Santana during this week’s meetings in Nashville. The Minnesota Twins have made their demands clear to the Red Sox, the New York Yankees and other teams interested in Johan Santana and they’ll not compromise.

Add comment December 3rd, 2007