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Selig 'grateful' for baseball's popularity

CHICAGO -- The last Major League Baseball ownership meeting of the year ended on an optimistic note on Thursday as the clubs headed into the free-agent signing season. Commissioner Bud Selig addressed an economic report given to the owners at their ...

From BARRY M. BLOOM, MLB.com,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Major League Baseball,  Bud Selig,  National League,  New York Mets

Selig: Postseason schedule to be tightened

CHICAGO -- Commissioner Bud Selig said there will be a tightening of baseball's postseason schedule in 2010, although he wasn't ready to get into specifics. There has been some internal discussion about expanding the scope of using instant replay, ...

From BARRY M. BLOOM, MLB.com,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Yankees,  Bud Selig,  Mike Scioscia,  Philadelphia Phillies

Owners set to converge in Chicago

CHICAGO -- Major League Baseball's 30 owners will gather formally for the last time this year on Wednesday and Thursday at the Chicago O'Hare Hilton, the scene of last week's meeting of general managers. Though there are no big-ticket action items on ...

From BARRY M. BLOOM, MLB.com,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Major League Baseball,  New York Yankees,  General Motors,  Dodger Stadium,  Bob DuPuy

Valentine moving on after Nats' decision

CHICAGO -- Despite having what he called "a great interview" with general manager Mike Rizzo, Bobby Valentine was surprised when the Nationals chose Jim Riggleman, removing the interim tag from his manager's title on Thursday. Valentine and Riggleman ...

From BARRY M. BLOOM, MLB.com,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Mets,  Bobby Valentine,  Jim Riggleman,  Manny Acta,  Major League Baseball

Agent: Matsui contract talks on hold

CHICAGO -- Arn Tellem, the agent for Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui, held court in the O'Hare Hilton lobby Wednesday morning to say that nothing new has transpired with his free-agent Japanese client. "Nothing has changed," Tellem told a group of ...

From BARRY M. BLOOM, MLB.com,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Yankees,  Hideki Matsui,  Brian Cashman,  Andy Pettitte,  Johnny Damon

GMs look ahead as meetings wrap up

CHICAGO -- Major League Baseball's general managers are so enthralled with having their annual meetings, they may go to biannual conferences, adding another in June between the First-Year Player Draft and the All-Star Game. "One thing we talked about ...

From BARRY M. BLOOM, MLB.com,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Major League Baseball,  Josh Byrnes,  Jimmie Lee Solomon,  Billy Beane,  Dave Dombrowski

Minaya, Boras meet about Holliday, Cora

CHICAGO -- Mets general manager Omar Minaya met with agent Scott Boras on Wednesday to discuss parameters of possible deals for two of his clients -- Matt Holliday and Alex Cora. Holliday, who ended the season with the Cardinals, is one of the premier ...

From BARRY M. BLOOM, MLB.com,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Mets,  Matt Holliday,  Omar Minaya,  Scott Boras,  Alex Cora

GMs discuss ideas for tweaking Draft

CHICAGO -- Major League Baseball's collective general managers floated the idea of changing the order teams pick in the First-Year Player Draft to better reflect their success during the previous season. The topic came up at Tuesday morning's meeting. ...

From BARRY M. BLOOM, MLB.com,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Major League Baseball,  Brian Sabean,  Jimmie Lee Solomon

Instant replay absent from GMs' agenda

CHICAGO -- Expansion of instant replay, an issue many thought would be the focal point Tuesday of the General Managers' Meetings in Chicago, for now at least, has turned out to be a non-issue. Major League Baseball's general managers did not propose ...

From BARRY M. BLOOM, MLB.com,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Major League Baseball,  Bud Selig,  Jimmie Lee Solomon,  New York Mets,  Omar Minaya

Valentine on short list for Nats manager

CHICAGO -- Bobby Valentine has emerged as a top candidate to manage the Washington Nationals, Mike Rizzo, the team's general manager, told MLB.com on Tuesday. An announcement is expected to come on Friday, two days after the annual GM Meetings here ...

From BARRY M. BLOOM, MLB.com,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Mets,  Major League Baseball,  Bobby Valentine,  Washington Nationals,  Jim Riggleman

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