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Mad Dog, Catfish and Bear: An all-animal lineup of Giants and A s in honor of #RallyRabbit
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Giants Pablo Sandoval stands in the on deck circle during Game 3 of the NLDS at AT&T Park on Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
First of all, apologies up front. We’re taking a little break from our regularly scheduled program to share some silliness a month into the season.
With #RallyRabbit all the rage at Oracle Park Alex the therapy bunny made another appearance Wednesday, this time in the bleachers we figured we’d go hog wild, have a whale of a time and let the cat out of the bag with an animal-driven roster of Giants and A’s. So holy cow, let’s take the bull by the horns and start this wild goose chase:
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morning afternoon, Athletics Nation!
It’s been four days since our last Rumblings, and there’s been a ton of news since then. The MLB offseason market didn’t really get going until January, and now it’s humming at full speed as teams rush to make their final moves before spring training begins in a couple weeks. With February now upon us, let’s catch up on the end of last month.
The biggest blockbuster was not a free agent contract but a trade, as the Colorado Rockies finally parted with superstar third baseman
February 1st, 2021
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Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred, Jr. announced today that Major League Baseball has named longtime baseball operations executive Michael Hill and former All-Star Raul Ibañez as Senior Vice Presidents of On-Field Operations. Hill and Ibañez, who will report to Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations Morgan Sword, will serve in key roles overseeing umpiring, discipline and other on-field issues. In addition, MLB has hired former Major League manager Bo Porter and former Major League players Joe Martinez and Rajai Davis to roles in its Baseball Operations Department.
Hill will oversee MLBâs umpiring and on-field discipline at both the Major and Minor league levels. Hillâs 27-year front office career includes 18 years with the Miami Marlins franchise, with seven seasons (2014-2020) as President of Baseball Operations and the previous six as General Manager (2008-2013). In 2020, the Marlins reached th