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Kevin Towers Eyes Greg Maddux for Diamondbacks Coaching Job

If new Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers gets his wish, a familiar face could be on Arizona's coaching staff next season. Towers told USA Today that he has a standing offer to Greg Maddux and plans to talk to him about joining the Diamondbacks as pitching coach or bench coach. Maddux retired following the 2008...

Twelve Thoughts: Hart's Homers, Professor Maddux, Dirt on D'backs

• Unless he leaves his bats in Milwaukee, Brewers slugger Corey Hart should hit a lot better in the All-Star Home Run Derby than he did in his only other Home Run Derby. "I was in A-ball, and I hit one home run in the whole thing," Hart told FanHouse. "The guy who won it hit two. The pitcher was some high school kid....

Baseball Card Artist a Real Cut-Up

(April 8) -- Some folks will do anything in the name of art -- even cut up valuable baseball cards. That's the vision of San Diego-based artist LaVern Brock, who is, so far, the only known artist specializing in the medium of cut-up baseball cards. Brock, 43, takes old baseball cards and cuts them up into collage...

Greg Maddux Joins Cubs' Front Office

Cubs general manager Jim Hendry is going to be getting a hand from a familiar face to Cubs fans. Greg Maddux, who won 133 games for the Cubs in two different stints that totaled 10 years, has re-joined them. This time around, he will serve as an assistant to Hendry. Among the responsibilities Maddux will have, according to...

Ned Colletti, Dodgers Discuss Extension

While some people around Major League Baseball are losing their jobs for failing to win games, others around the league are being rewarded for their success. The Los Angeles Dodgers are getting ready to make their third appearance in the postseason in the last four years, and it looks like the man who is in charge of...

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05/18/12 Chipper's friends to attend Saturday's game Source: MLB - Atlanta Braves Chipper Jones said he would have 100 "mostly friends" in attendance at Tropicana Field on Saturday in what will be his last scheduled series in St. Petersburg.
05/18/12 Beachy joins rare group in Braves history Source: MLB - Atlanta Braves Brandon Beachy joined some elite company after his start on Thursday, when he lowered his ERA to a Major League-best 1.33 to become just the third pitcher in Atlanta Braves history to post an ERA under 1.50 through the first eight starts of the season.
05/11/12 MLB Notebook: CC in legendary company Source: MLB - New York Yankees Jim Palmer's 362nd career appearance, on June 9, 1977, was probably a rather memorable one for the Hall of Fame right-hander, albeit for the wrong reasons.
05/08/12 My lucky son got baseball from Hall of Famer Source: The Eagle-Tribune - North Andover MA Growing up in Lawrence I was able to go to Fenway Park on occasion.
05/06/12 Friend of Seau's says NFL doing better at injury care Source: Austin American-Statesman - Austin TX Former San Diego Charger defensive tackle Louie Kelcher considered Junior Seau a friend and one of the best linebackers ever to play the game.