At a time when many teams are going for managers with no experience, the Mariners are giving Lloyd McClendon his second shot. He's ready for it, and he has earned the chance at it.
Lloyd McClendon is once again one of the finalists to become Mariners manager. McClendon, who just missed out in 2010, was in Seattle Sunday to speak with the team a second time.
The Tigers are hiring Brad Ausmus to succeed Jim Leyland as manager. Many who know Ausmus believe he'll be outstanding, but the Tigers need him to be outstanding from the start.
The Red Sox and Cardinals began the journey in early February, and now it has taken them to Fenway Park in late October, with one game or maybe two to decide a champion.
The World Series gave us two crazy endings, but mostly this postseason has given us games like Game 5, where pitching is dominant and any one run can win it.
Just before the pickoff play that ended Game 4, Cardinals radio announcer Mike Shannon mocked the Red Sox for holding Kolten Wong on at first base. Bad timing . . . but why were they holding him on?
One night after an obstruction call gave the Cardinals a World Series win in Game 3, a pickoff throw from a closer who almost never throws to first gave the Red Sox a Game 4 win. This World Series is crazy, and it's also tied at two wins apiece.
The Red Sox's road back into the World Series was hardly conventional, but it worked, thanks in part to Jonny Gomes' three-run home run in Sunday's Game 4.
Miguel Cabrera was hurting in October, and some questioned why he didn't rest more near the end of the regular season. The reason, Cabrera said Sunday, is that doctors told him it wouldn't have helped.
