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Mariners Choose Eric Wedge as Manager, Expect Renewed Intensity

For the second time in six years, the Mariners are dipping into the ranks of former Cleveland managers to fill a managerial opening. Eric Wedge, who managed in Cleveland for seven seasons from 2002-09, and who has interviewed for almost every available managerial job that has come open since, is the man general manager...

Bobby Valentine Won't Be Managing the Mariners Next Season

The Bobby Valentine rumor mill keeps on turning, yet the man himself is rolling down the river without a new dugout to call home. A couple of days after he reportedly took himself out of the running for the job in Florida, Valentine has been told that he's no longer a candidate for the managerial position with the...

Mariners Interview Manager Candidates Eric Wedge, Lloyd McClendon

SEATTLE -- Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik said he would be interviewing as many as 10 candidates for Seattle's open managerial post, and he's at least halfway there halfway through this week. After interviewing Bobby Valentine on Monday and Cecil Cooper and John Gibbons on Tuesday, the Mariners are bringing in...

Slumping Astros Fire Cecil Cooper

The Houston Astros announced the firing of manager Cecil Cooper Monday afternoon. The news comes on the heels of a seven-game losing streak, including a winless road trip to Cincinnati and Milwaukee, that officially eliminated the Astros from playoff contention in 2009. Dave Clark, previously the third-base coach, will...

MLB Power Rankings: Week 9

MLB Power Rankings: Where MLB FanHouse's editors, writers and bloggers team up to break down the who's who and the what's what in the baseball world.Sorry for the delay, kiddos, on the Power Rankings. I'm sure you spent the entirety of Wednesday wondering "WHERE IN GOD'S NAME ARE THEY??? WITHOUT THEM I'LL HAVE NOTHING TO...

Background on Cecil Cooper

Cecil Celester Cooper (born December 20, 1949 in Brenham, Texas), nicknamed "Coop," is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball and the former manager of the Houston Astros.

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