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The Florida Marlins name Joe Girardi Manager and sign him to a 3yr contract

The Milwaukee Brewers name Dale Sveum 3rd Base coach

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The Baltimore Orioles name Leo Mazzone Pitching Coach

The Detroit Tigers name Chuck Hernandez Pitching Coach

The Kansas City Royals claim P Bobby Madritsch off waivers from the Seattle Mariners

The Milwaukee Brewers exercise their option on OF Carlos Lee

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The Boston Red Sox name DeMarlo Hale 3rd Base Coach

The Pittsburgh Pirates re-sign P Dave Williams to a 1yr contract

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The Pittsburgh Pirates decline to exercise their option on P Jose Mesa

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The Atlanta Braves name Roger McDowell Pitching Coach

The Los Angeles Dodgers fire GM Paul Depodesta

The Washington Nationals exercise their option on P Esteban Loaiza

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The Arizona Diamondbacks name Lee Tinsley 1B Coach

The Boston Red Sox announce the resignation of GM Theo Epstein and re-sign P Mike Timlin to a 1yr contract

The Chicago Cubs re-sign P Glendon Rusch to a 2yr contract, exercise their options on 2B Todd Walker and Scott Williamson and decline to exercise their option on OF Jeremy Burnitz

The Chicago White Sox exercise their option on P Cliff Politte announce DH Frank Thomas has exercised his player option and decline to exercise their option on OF Carl Everett

The New York Mets exercise their option on P Steve Trachsel

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The Atlanta Braves exercise their option on P John Thomson

The Baltimore Orioles sign P Jason Pearson and SS Ed Rogers to minor league contracts

The Houston Astros sign Manager Phil Garner to a 1yr contract extension thru 2007

The Los Angeles Angels decline to exercise their option on P Jason Christiansen

The New York Mets decline to exercise their options on P Braden Looper and 1B Doug Mientkiewicz

The Oakland A's re-sign P Jay Witasick to a 2yr contract decline to exercise their option on 1B Scott Hatteberg and name Gerald Perry Hitting Coach

The Pittsburgh Pirates name Jim Colborn Pitching Coach and Jim Lett Bench
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The Seattle Mariners announce the retirement of C Dan Wilson

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays exercise their options on P Danys Baez and SS Julio Lugo

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The Detroit Tigers exercise their option on P Jamie Walker

The Florida Marlins decline to exercise their option on P Antonio Alfonseca

The New York Yankees name Lee Mazzilli Bench Coach and Larry Bowa 3B Coach

The Philadelphia Phillies name Pat Gillick GM and sign him to a 3yr contract

The Seattle Mariners exercise their option on P Eddie Guardado and decline to exercise their options on P Shigetoshi Hasegawa and IF Pokey Reese

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays exercise their option on P Casey Fossum

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The Cincinnati Reds sign OF Dewayne Wise to a minor league contract

The New York Yankees name Tony Pena 1B Coach

The Pittsburgh Pirates exercise their option on P Mark Redman

The St.Louis Cardinals exercise their option on P Jeff Suppan

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Nationals trade 3B Vinny Castilla to SD for P Brian Lawrence

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The Chicago White Sox re-sign C Chris Widger to a 1yr contract and exercise their buyout option on DH Frank Thomas

The Cincinnati Reds name Bucky Dent Bench Coach

The Cleveland Indians exercise their option on 2B Ronnie Belliard

The Los Angeles Dodgers re-sign OF Jose Cruz Jr. to a 1yr contract

The Milwaukee Brewers name Robin Yount Bench Coach

The New York Yankees name Ron Guidry Pitching Coach

The San Diego Padres name Glen Hoffman 3B Coach and Tye Walker 1B Coach

The Texas Rangers sign C Jamie Burke and OF Adam Hyzdu to a minor league contract

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The Baltimore Orioles name Lee Elia Bench Coach

The Cleveland Indians re-sign P Scott Sauerbeck to a 1yr contract

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The Baltimore Orioles name Lee Elia Bench Coach

"I'll tell you one ****in' thing, we'd ****in' better get hotter than s***...

The name of the game is hit the ball, catch the ball, and get the ****in' job done."

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The Baltimore Orioles name Lee Elia Bench Coach

One of the greatest flip-outs of all-time.

From Lee Elia, Chicago Cubs, Manager, in April, 1983 (before Wrigley Field had lights for night baseball), following a home loss to the Dodgers and in front of writers and microphones:

"F*ck those f*ckin' fans who come out here and say they're Cub fans that are supposed to be behind you, rippin' every f*ckin' thing you do. I'll tell you one f*ckin' thing, I hope we get f*ckin' hotter than sh*t, just to stuff it up them 3,000 f*ckin' people that show up every f*ckin' day, because if they're the real Chicago f*ckin' fans, they can kiss my f*ckin' *** right downtown and PRINT IT.

They're really, really behind you around here...my f*ckin' ***. What the f*ck am I supposed to do, go out there and let my f*ckin' players get destroyed every day and be quiet about it? For the f*ckin' nickel-dime people who turn up? The motherf*ckers don't even work. That's why they're out at the f*ckin' game. They oughta go out and get a f*ckin' job and find out what it's like to go out and earn a f*ckin' living. Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers. Rip them motherf*ckers. Rip them f*ckin' cocks*ckers like the f*ckin' players. We got guys bustin' their f*ckin' ***, and them f*ckin' people boo. And that's the Cubs? My f*ckin' ***. They talk about the great f*ckin' support the players get around here. I haven't see it this f*ckin' year. Everybody associated with this organization have been winners their whole f*ckin' life. Everybody. And the credit is not given in that respect.

Alright, they don't show because we're 5 and 14...and unfortunately, that's the criteria of them dumb fifteen motherf*ckin' percent that come out to day baseball. The other eighty-five percent are earning a living. I tell you, it'll take more than a 5 and 12 or 5 and 14 to destroy the makeup of this club. I guarantee you that. There's some f*ckin' pros out there that wanna win. But you're stuck in a f*ckin' stigma of the f*ckin' Dodgers and the Phillies and the Cardinals an all that cheap sh*t. It's unbelievable. It really is. It's a disheartening f*ckin' situation that we're in right now. Anybody who was associated with the Cub organization four or five years ago that came back and sees the multitude of progress that's been made will understand that if they're baseball people, that 5 and 14 doesn't negate all that work. We got 143 f*ckin' games left.

What I'm tryin' to say is don't rip them f*ckin' guys out there. Rip me. If you wanna rip somebody, rip my f*ckin' ***. But don't rip them f*ckin' guys 'cause they're givin' everything they can give. And right now they're tryin' to do more than God gave 'em, and that's why we make the simple mistakes. That's exactly why."