Buddy Bell

Williams' Sox remake begins with Teahen

Chris Getz and Josh Fields are Royals, Mark Teahen is the White Sox starting third baseman, Jermaine Dye is all but gone, talks with free agent-to-be Scott Podsednik have disintegrated, and Gordon Beckham is the new starting...

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Hurdle hired as Rangers" hitting coach

By Patrick Saunders The Denver Post Clint Hurdle to be named hitting coach of Texas Rangers. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) With a passion for teaching baseball still in his blood, former Rockies manager Clint Hurdle...

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Hurdle hired as Rangers' hitting coach

By Patrick Saunders The Denver Post Clint Hurdle to be named hitting coach of Texas Rangers. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) With a passion for teaching baseball still in his blood, former Rockies manager Clint Hurdle...

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Renck: Clint Hurdle a finalist for Rangers' hitting job

By Troy E. Renck The Denver Post NEW YORK — Watching words spill out of Ozzie Guillen's mouth on the Fox TV set down the left-field line brought back memories. Former Rockies manager Clint Hurdle was a lot of things to a lot of...

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The Hardball Times: Cooperstown Confidential: The legend of Mick the Quick

I wonder if anybody in baseball has ever referred to Mickey Rivers by his given first and middle names of “John Milton.” During his days at Miami-Dade, Rivers popularized his custom of addressing everyone as “Gozzlehead,” a...

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Joe Posnanski: The 10 greatest hitters ever

Where does one begin in making a list of the greatest hitters ever? Well, I put together a spreadsheet, and using my very special grading system that I only just invented, I came up with a Top 10 list of hitters. In fact, I...

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Indians working on managerial candidates

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct 08, 2009 (Akron Beacon Journal - General Manager Mark Shapiro will forgo throwing darts at a target to choose a new manager for the Indians. Instead, Shapiro and his lieutenant, assistant general manager...

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Royals notebook: Mizerock out as bullpen coach

It didn’t take long for the Royals to decide that only minor changes are needed to manager Trey Hillman’s on-field coaching staff. Everyone is coming back for 2010 except bullpen coach John Mizerock, whose departure ends his...

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Blue Jays cut ties with Ricciardi

The Toronto Blue Jays began resolving the overwhelming dysfunction choking the franchise by firing GM J.P. Ricciardi, reaffirming Cito Gaston's status for 2010, and discussing the clubhouse unrest toward the manager.

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For Zack Greinke, a Cy is just a sigh

MINNEAPOLIS | This seems like a good time for an unfiltered look at Royals pitcher Zack Greinke, and not only because he makes his final start of a magnificent individual season today. It’s his last chance to make an emphatic...

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