Posey, Feliz named league’s top rookies
San Francisco catcher Buster Posey and Texas closer Neftali Feliz have been named the Jackie Robinson Award winners as the top rookies in the National and American League, respectively, as voted on by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
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Pirates to hire Hurdle as manager today
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Pirates will introduce former Rockies manager Clint Hurdle as their new manager at a news conference today. Hurdle, the batting coach for the AL champion Texas Rangers, replaces John Russell, who was fired the day after completing a 105-loss season – the Pirates’ worst in 58 years and their record-extending 18th consecutive losing season. Russell lost 299 games in …
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