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2010's Managerial Exodus Will Give Dugouts Different Look Next Spring

All this week, the FanHouse staff will look back at the most significant baseball storylines of 2010. When the 2010 baseball season started, four of the top 14 managers all-time in terms of win total were at the helm of big league teams. When 2011 starts, only one of those four, St. Louis' Tony La Russa, will still be...

Pirates Manager Clint Hurdle 'All in' as He Takes Reins in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Clint Hurdle has been hired as the Pittsburgh Pirates' manager, saying he's not intimidated by the franchise's record 18 consecutive losing seasons. Hurdle replaces John Russell, who was fired the day after completing a 105-loss season -- the Pirates' worst in 58 years. Hurdle, previously the hitting...

Steve Phillips' Fix My Team: Pirates

Every team has a few precious months in the offseason to make tweaks to their roster and ensure that they improve in 2011. Steve Phillips has taken a team to the World Series before, and over the course of November and December he will present his plan for every major league team to get there as well. It's the first...

Clint Hurdle Good Hire for Pirates

The 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates won 96 games and made it to the NLCS. Since then they have played 18 losing seasons under five different managers. Enter Clint Hurdle, fresh off of a World Series appearance as a member of the Rangers coaching staff, and reportedly ready to take the reins in the Steel City. FanHouse TV's Steve...

Clint Hurdle Will Reportedly Be Pittsburgh Pirates Manager

The Pittsburgh Pirates' long search for a new manager appeared to be over Sunday morning, as Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman is reporting that they've hired Texas Rangers hitting coach Clint Hurdle to fill the role vacated when John Russell was fired after a 105-loss 2010 campaign. Hurdle was also a serious candidate...

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06/03/12 Pirates notebook: Injury still factor for Tabata Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA If outfielder Jose Tabata appears to dawdle around the bases, he insists it is not because of a lack of effort.
06/02/12 Pirates slip back to .500 after loss to Brewers Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA MILWAUKEE Ã¢ Welcome back to the house of horrors.
06/02/12 Pirates slip back to .500 after loss to Brewers Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review MILWAUKEE Ã¢ Welcome back to the house of horrors.
05/29/12 Mercer recalled, but Barmes still PiratesÃ¢ shortstop Source: Daily Courier - Connellsville PA Struggling shortstop Clint BarmesÃ¢ job is safe, but he might be off the radar for a couple days.
05/29/12 Mercer recalled, but Barmes still PiratesÃ¢ shortstop Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA Struggling shortstop Clint BarmesÃ¢ job is safe, but he might be off the radar for a couple days.

Background on clint hurdle

Clinton Merrick Hurdle (born July 30, 1957, in Big Rapids, Michigan) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder whose 10-year career was spent with the Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and St.

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