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AP Sports WriterKevin Cash, Don Mattingly win Manager of the Year awardsBy JAY COHENTampa Bay's Kevin Cash won the AL Manager of the Year award on Tuesday night, and Miami's Don Mattingly took home the NL honor.Long regarded as one of baseball's bright young minds, Cash guided Tampa Bay...

Pirates name Baker director of coaching, player developmentPITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Pirates have named former big-league catcher John Baker their director of coaching and player development.General manager Ben Cherington announced the hire on Tuesday, the latest step in an organizational shuffling that's designed to help end the Pirates'...

AP Baseball WriterRojas likely to remain as Mets manager under CohenBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Luis Rojas probably will return for a second season as manager of the New York Mets.Sandy Alderson, who returned as team president Friday when Steve Cohen bought the Mets from the Wilpon and...

Pitcher Ray Daviault, member of original Mets, dies at 86NOTRE-DAME-DE-LA-MERCI, Quebec (AP) Ray Daviault, a pitcher who played his only season in the major leagues as a member of the 1962 expansion New York Mets, has died. He was 86.Daviault died Friday in a pool accident at his...

AP Sports WriterBrewers' Williams, Mariners CF Lewis win Rookie of the YearBy JAY COHENMuch like one of his lofty leaps at the wall, Kyle Lewis soared above the field.The center fielder for the Seattle Mariners won the AL Rookie of the Year award Monday night, and Milwaukee Brewers reliever...

Mets to keep farm teams in Syracuse, Binghamton, BrooklynNEW YORK (AP) Syracuse, Binghamton, Brooklyn and St. Lucie will be the New York Mets' four minor league affiliates next year, leaving Columbia, South Carolina, and Kingsport, Tennessee, to be dropped.Returning Mets president Sandy Alderson made the announcement Tuesday during...

AP Sports WriterKevin Cash, Don Mattingly win Manager of the Year awardsBy JAY COHENTampa Bay's Kevin Cash won the AL Manager of the Year award on Tuesday night, and Miami's Don Mattingly took home the NL honor.Long regarded as one of baseball's bright young minds, Cash guided Tampa Bay...

AP Sports WriterKevin Cash, Don Mattingly win Manager of the Year awardsBy JAY COHENBy the time Kevin Cash pulled Tampa Bay ace Blake Snell from the last game of the World Series, he had already been voted Manager of the Year in the American League.Even if he ended up...

AP Sports WriterKevin Cash, Don Mattingly win Manager of the Year awardsBy JAY COHENBy the time Kevin Cash pulled Tampa Bay ace Blake Snell from the last game of the World Series, he had already been voted Manager of the Year in the American League.Even if he ended up...

Syracuse, Binghampton, Brooklyn, St. Lucie to stay with MetsNEW YORK (AP) Syracuse, Binghampton, Brooklyn and St. Lucie will be the New York Mets' four minor league affiliates next year, leaving Columbia, South Carolina and Kingsport, Tennessee, to be dropped.Returning Mets president Sandy Alderson made the announcement Tuesday during...

Pitcher Ray Daviault, member of original Mets, dies at 86NOTRE-DAME-DE-LA-MERCI, Quebec (AP) Ray Daviault, a pitcher who played his only season in the major leagues as a member of the 1962 expansion New York Mets, has died. He was 86.Daviault died Friday in a pool accident at his...

Nats make their pitch to Biden, invite him to throw 1st ballWASHINGTON (AP) The Washington Nationals are making their pitch to President-elect Joe Biden.The Nats have invited Biden to toss out the ceremonial first ball next season on opening day. Washington is scheduled to host the New York...