It was a surprise announcement at the Winter Meetings, but a good one: Major League Baseball is preparing rule changes to cut down on home-plate collisions for 2014. It’s a play that can end and alter careers, as Ray Fosse, Mike Matheny and Buster Posey can tell you. And with concussions a hot topic in […]
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Quad Cities, Astros announce affiliation
The Quad Cities River Bandits (Low Class A; Midwest League) and the Houston Astros announced a new player-development contract this afternoon. The River Bandits and the St. Louis Cardinals parted ways, leaving the MiLB to seek a new partner. Team ownership talked with the three available MLB parents — Astros, Angels and A’s — and […]
Twins front-office changes: Smith out, Ryan in
In a surprising move, Terry Ryan has returned to the Minnesota Twins as general manager — perhaps on a permanent basis — as Bill Smith has been asked to take another position in the organization. “No one in the Twins’ organization wants to win any more than Bill,” Twins Owner and CEO Jim Pohlad said […]