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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Mike Maddux, Dale Sveum take center stage in Cubs' search — Texas Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux is a candidate for the Cubs' managerial job. Leon Halip~Getty Images — It took more than three months for the Cubs to get their new front office team in place.
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Paul Hoynes / Plain Dealer:
Cleveland Indians grant Boston permission to interview Sandy Alomar Jr. for manager's job — CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Red Sox have received permission to interview Indians bench coach Sandy Alomar Jr. to be their manager. — Boston has undergone changes in the dugout and front office following …
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Rob Bradford / WEEI:
RED SOX TO INTERVIEW MADDUX, ALOMAR JR. — A source has confirmed that the next two candidates to be interviewed by the Red Sox for their vacant managerial opening will be Mike Maddux and Sandy Alomar Jr. Both the Rangers (Maddux) and Indians (Alomar Jr.) have granted the Sox permission to talk to the coaches.
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Cubs, Red Sox want to talk to Maddux — The Cubs and Red Sox have both asked for permission to interview Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux for their managerial jobs. — Maddux is widely credited for helping convert C.J. Wilson and Alexei Ogando from relievers into very good starting pitchers …
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Dale Sveum discusses interview with Red Sox — and other notes from Fenway
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Quade out as Cubs manager; Ryno not a candidate
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Atabey / DominicanToday.com:
Baseball great Matty Alou dies in Miami — Santo Domingo.- One of the most inconic Major League Baseball greats from the Dominican Republic, Mateo Rojas Alou (Matty Alou) died early Thursday in Miami of unspecified ailment. — Alou, one of the famous brothers Jesus and Felipe …
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Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
Dominican baseball legend Matty Alou dies at age 72 — There's great sadness in the house of one of baseball's greatest families as Dominican Today reports that Matty Alou has passed away at age 72 from an undisclosed ailment. — That's Mateo Rojas Alou in the middle of the above picture …
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Associated Press:
Matty Alou, once part of an all-Alou outfield for the San Francisco Giants with brothers Felipe and Jesus, died Thursday in his native Dominican Republic. He was 72. — He died of diabetes complications, according to his former Dominican team, Leones del Escogido.
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Los Angeles Times:
Peter O'Malley joins list of potential bidders for Dodgers — The former owner of the team says he will work on forming a group to take part in an auction for the team, Dodger Stadium and property surrounding the ballpark. — Former Dodgers owner Peter O'Malley sold the team to Fox in 1998.
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Ramona Shelburne / ESPN:
Steve Garvey prepping proposal to purchase Los Angeles Dodgers
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Peter O'Malley wants to run Dodgers
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Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
Would Pujols really agree to a statue if he were leaving St. Louis? — Should Albert Pujols(notes) bolt town through free agency this hot stove season, at least St. Louis Cardinals fans will have an awkward memento to remember him by. — A 1o-foot, 1,100-pound statue of the two-time World Series winner …
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals start manager interviews Thursday
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Mark Bowman / Bowman's Blog:
Braves willing to trade Jurrjens and Prado — The Braves gained some financial flexibility by trading Derek Lowe to the Indians earlier this week. They are now exploring the possibility of gaining more flexibility while talking to clubs interested in trading for Jair Jurrjens and/or Martin Prado.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Furcal willing to wait on manager search — ST. LOUIS • The agent for shortstop Rafael Furcal said he's told Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak that his client is willing to wait until the Cardinals' search for a manager is complete before making a final decision on where he'll play in 2012.
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Associated Press:
Report: Wang, Nationals agree to terms on deal — WASHINGTON — Chien-Ming Wang and the Washington Nationals agreed to the terms of a contract, pending a physical, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. — The person spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because no announcement had been made.
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Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
None of 5 free agents gets offer — Wednesday came and went without the A's making an offer to any of their own free agents, and now all five can begin talking to other teams. — Outfielder Josh Willingham is the most high-profile of Oakland's free agents, and his agent, Matt Sosnick …
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Cash Kruth / MLB.com:
Santo, Kaat among 10 on Golden Era ballot — Minoso, Oliva, Hodges also up for Hall of Fame consideration — Eight former Major League players and two former executives have been named to this year's Golden Era ballot, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced on Thursday.
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