Not sure what to get the wife this holiday season? Relief is here! (Yahoo! Sports)Thursday, November 20, 2008
The holidays approach — Hanukkah begins Dec. 21 — which means Big League Stew is on the lookout for...
Highlights of Steinbrenner's Yankee career (AP)Thursday, November 20, 2008
Highlights of George Steinbrenner's career as owner of the New York Yankees: Jan. 3, 1973 -- Heads group that purchases Yankees from CBS Inc. Sept. 30, 1973 -- Manager Ralph Houk resigns, starting the first of 20 manager changes Steinbrenner would make through 1995. Aug. 30, 1974 -- Fined $15,000 by U.S.
White Sox Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)Wednesday, November 19, 2008
White Sox general manager Ken Williams expected to be busy this offseason, and he wasted very little time showing his hand.The club announced that Nick Swisher was traded to the New York Yankees in exchange for infielder Wilson Betemit and right-handed pitchers Jeff Marquez and Jhonny Nunez. The Sox also threw in right-handed pitcher Kanekoa Texeira."Very simply, we kind of assessed where we stood today and where we finished the season," Williams said of the trade. "And while we still love (Swisher) and the energy he brings—and he will certainly have a bounce-back year next season—the fit wasn't good enough to continue down this road." By the end of the season, as a matter of fact, the fit seemed awful. Swisher was hyped as a say-anything...
Seattle to name Wakamatsu manager Wednesday (Yahoo! Sports)Wednesday, November 19, 2008
The Seattle Mariners will name Don Wakamatsu their manager Wednesday, completing a three-week search for a...
Pedroia becomes first 2B to win AL MVP since 1959 (AP)Wednesday, November 19, 2008
The next time someone doubts him, Dustin Pedroia will have a pretty good answer. He can just hold up his AL MVP award. Told forever that he was too little to play with the big leaguers, Pedroia added to his ever-expanding trophy case Tuesday. The Boston second baseman with the meaty swing easily beat out Minnesota slugger Justin Morneau, Red Sox teammate Kevin Youkilis and record-setting closer...
Pedroia deserved MVP in a big way (Yahoo! Sports)Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The tiny Red Sox second baseman stood tall after Ramirez was traded and excelled in pressurized Boston.
Pima County accepts $5 million White Sox buyout (AP)Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Pima County's supervisors voted 5-0 on Tuesday to allow the Chicago White Sox to end their spring training contract with the county so they can move immediately to the Phoenix suburb of Glendale. The White Sox will pay the county $5 million to leave. The American League team's contract had called for staying at Tucson Electric Park through 2012.
Griffey becomes American Public Diplomacy Envoy (AP)Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Ken Griffey Jr. has joined a new team. The star outfielder became the newest American Public Diplomacy Envoy, introduced Tuesday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Griffey is set to make his first baseball-related trip for the State Department to Panama in January. In his role, he'll represent the "values of the United States, not the government of the United States," Rice said.
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