Reports: Pirates Hire Hurdle as Next Manager
Hurdle becomes Bucs 39th Manager
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Rookie of the Year voting is in — and these Pirates got support
Congratulations to Neftali Feliz (AL) of the Texas Rangers and Buster Posey (NL) of the San Francisco Giants for winning Rookie of the Year in their respective leagues. Neither result is shocking, though Austin Jackson of the Tigers and Jason Heyward of the Atlanta Braves received substantial support, enough to at least come in a respectable second. The unusual news coming from the BBWAA vote …
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Hall of Fame’s New System of Voting by Eras Could Benefit Steinbrenner
Hall officials say it is coincidence that the starting point for sizing up candidates of the “expansion era” was 1973, the year a group led by George Steinbrenner bought the Yankees.
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