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Don Baylor returns to Rockies as hitting coach.
Former manager Don Baylor returned to the Colorado Rockies as hitting coach Monday.
Baylor was one of five coaches added to manager Clint Hurdle’s staff. The team also hired former major league manager Jim Tracy as bench coach and Rich Dauer as third base coach. Jim Wright becomes the [...]

Pirates sign Indian - not Cleveland - pitchers.
The Pittsburgh Pirates hope Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel really do have million-dollar arms.
The two 20-year-old pitchers, neither of whom had picked up a baseball until earlier this year, signed free-agent contracts Monday with the Pirates. They are believed to be the first athletes from India to sign [...]

Diamondbacks release D’Antona. The Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday released infielder Jamie D’Antona, who is expected to sign with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Japan’s Central League.
D’Antona made his major league debut on July 22, getting a pinch-hit single in his first career at-bat against the Cubs’ Sean Marshall at Chase Field. He hit .176 (3-for-17) [...]

Marlins announce spring schedule. Marlins fans won’t need reminding when pitchers and catchers report this spring. They just need to keep track of when the heart-shaped merchandise hits store shelves.
Camp officially opens in Jupiter on Valentine’s Day, when pitchers and catchers report for physicals. They’ll take the field that same day, three days ahead of [...]

Giants target Furcal, Renteria. Shortstops Rafael Furcal and Edgar Renteria are among the free agents the San Francisco Giants are targeting as possible replacements for 11-time Gold Glover Omar Vizquel.
Across San Francisco Bay, the Oakland Athletics also are courting Furcal.
Furcal’s agent, Paul Kinzer, said Monday the Giants and A’s are still serious contenders to sign [...]

Hal Morris hired as Pirates scouting supervisor. Former Cincinnati Reds first baseman Hal Morris joined the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday as an area scouting supervisor in the upper Midwest.
Morris batted .304 during a 13-season major league career that included 10 seasons with the Reds. He finished second in the 1991 NL batting race with a [...]

Phillies vs Dodgers for the NL pennant.
“It seemed like every time we turned around, there were the Phillies,” former Los Angeles center fielder Rick Monday recalled.
They played in the 1977 NL championship series and the next year, too. Both times, Tom Lasorda and the Dodgers won the best-of-five matchup in four games.
Decked out in powder-blue [...]

Curt Schilling is considering coming back next year - for half the season.
The Boston Red Sox right-hander, who underwent season-ending shoulder surgery on June 23, said in an interview with Sporting News that he might try to pitch in 2009 under the right circumstances.
“I won’t come back for a full season, that much I know. [...]

Third baseman Mike Lowell was remove from Boston first-round postseason roster. On Monday because of a right hip strain.
He would be ineligible to play in the AL championship series if the Red Sox advance past their first-round opponent, the Los Angeles Angels.
Last year’s World Series MVP, who also has a torn labrum in his right [...]

Justin Masterson could be a valuable member of Boston starting rotation in the future. He could be a strong option in the Red Sox bullpen.
For Boston manager Terry Francona, it’s a nice dilemma to have.
“I think we see him as a good pitcher,” Francona said before the Red Sox hosted the Los Angeles Angels in [...]