The Boston Red Sox announced today that Tom Goodwin will be their new first base coach and outfield instructor. He will also coordinate base running instruction. Goodwin, 49, had been the New York Mets first base coach and outfield instructor for the past six seasons after replacing Mookie Wilson in October of 2011. The former big leaguer is returning to the Red Sox organization that he worked...
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Game 3 (Series tied 1-1) Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros, 8:20 p.m. ET, FOX RHP Yu Darvish (2-0, 1.59 ERA) vs RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (0-0, 2.08) Dodgers Lineup Chris Taylor CF Corey Seager SS Justin Turner 3B Cody Bellinger 1B Yasiel Puig RF Logan Forsythe 2B Austin Barnes C Joc Pederson LF Enrique Hernandez DH Astros Lineup George Springer CF Alex Bregman 3B Jose Altuve 2B Carlos Correa...
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John Farrell interviewed on Friday for the Washington Nationals managerial job according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Farrell, 55, led the Boston Red Sox to their ninth American League East title with a 93-69 (.574) record, good for fifth in the majors. The Red Sox were eliminated from the playoffs for the second straight season in the Division series though. In his five years with the...
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When the New York Mets started their managerial search earlier this month Mickey Callaway was an obscure name to fans and an extreme long shot. First there was the pursuit of Houston Astros bench coach Alex Cora who seemed like a possible favorite before the Boston Red Sox job opened up. Then multiple reports that current Mets hitting coach Kevin Long had become the new favorite to land the...
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Outside of New York Mets prospects the Scottsdale Scorpions had only two hits during their 11-inning tie game on Thursday night against the Salt River Rafters. David Thompson, Kevin Kaczmarski and Tomas Nido hit second, third and fourth in the lineup respectively and they came through with six of the teams eight hits, three of four RBI and scored two runs. The big performer of the night was Mets...
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