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Rick Peterson, Tom Nieto facing ax but Willie Randolph safe - for now Posted on 06-15-2008 Omar Minaya refused to guarantee… Pitching coach Rick Peterson and first base coach Tom Nieto also appear targets of the purge, but hitting coach Howard Johnson is expected to be spared. Triple-A New Orleans manager Ken Oberkfell and pitching [...]

Yes, the Yanks are actually going to go through with ittheyre going to lift fat Joba out of the bullpen and make him a fat starter. If it doesnt work, theyll have exposed Joba to arm injury, as well as messed up their bullpen. Then again, if it does work, theyll have themselves a good [...]

One of the Japanese reporters who regularly covers the Dodgers just told me that Terry and his bench coach, longtime Dodgers minor-league coach/instructor Jon Debus resigned, along with pitching coach Mike Brown. The Buffaloes had just fallen into fifth place in the six-team Pacific League. Debus was with the club for something like 25 years, [...]

Although Jocketty was something of a mentor to Mozeliak, the latter is nothing close to a carbon copy of the former. If Cincinnati gets serious about contending, I still wouldn’t completely write off the possibility that Jocketty tries to convince manager Tony La Russa and pitching coach Dave Duncan to come with him. Jocketty didn’t [...]