Mike Scioscia

K-Rod in rare contention for AL MVP

Closer has chance in season lacking clear front-runner Closer Francisco Rodriguez saved a record 62 games for the Angels in 2008. Only four closers have won the Most Valuable Player Award since 1950, and just nine have won the...

Mailbag: Who will nail down ninth?

Angels beat reporter Lyle Spencer fields fans' questions Gary Matthews Jr. could be a trade target for teams in need of a center fielder. Are the Angels not even considering using Arredondo in the closer role? Earl J.,...

Lee gets belated AFL honor

Distinguished Alumni Award presented to Cubs first baseman AFL executive director Steve Cobb presents Derrek Lee with the Distinguished Alumni Award. One of the great things about the Arizona Fall League's Hall of Fame and its...

Gardenhire gets 2-year extension from Twins

"It's a very young and exciting team and, if we can fill in a couple of holes, we believe we are going to be right there with this team and win a World Series," Gardenhire said Thursday in a statement issued by the club after...

Maddon rewarded for Rays' Cinderella story

NEW YORK: Joe Maddon, who led the Tampa Bay Rays to their first World Series berth in one of baseball's most astonishing turnarounds, was named American League Manager of the Year on Wednesday. The 54-year-old guided a Tampa...

Dodgers, Ramirez playing a game of chicken

By Bill Shaikin Los Angeles Times We come to talk about Manny Ramirez, and the Dodgers, and free agency. This is because the Dodgers have forfeited the chance to cite the economic crisis should Ramirez sign elsewhere. If they...

Twins: Gardenhire, staff all in place

The Twins manager and his coaches all got two-year deals, a reward for the team's near first-place finish in the AL Central in '08. With baseball's free-agent market about to open, the Twins announced Thursday that they had...

K-Rod finishes third in Cy Young voting

Record-setting Angels closer appears on 18 ballots The third-place finish is Francisco Rodriguez's highest in the Cy Young voting. Capping an unprecedented season of achievement featuring a Major League-record 62 saves, Angels...

Phillies' Charlie Manuel doesn't manage to crack A-list

By Sam Donnellon / Philadelphia Daily News Thursday, November 13, 2008 - Charlie Manuel has managed the Phillies to two consecutive division titles and won the World Series, but as Wednesday’s Manager of the Year vote...

Report: Angels prepared to lose K-Rod

Moreno says club will focus effort on Teixeira, consider Manny By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com The Angels seem to have closed the door on re-signing All-Star free-agent closer Francisco Rodriguez and opened it for Manny Ramirez,...

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