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 Hale was scheduled to be in Phoenix on Tuesday to meet with
general manager Dave Stewart. He was a finalist for the Seattle
Mariners job that went to Lloyd McClendon last offseason.
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First baseman Eric Hosmer made good on a Twitter invitation to
Kansas City Royals fans to meet players at McFadden's bar after a
three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels in the American League
Division Series on Sunday.
In a tweet at 12:04 a.m. CT Monday, Hosmer issued the open invite to
a fan base frenzied by Kansas City's first postseason series victory
in three decades. A video from McFadden's showed Hosmer and closer
Greg Holland spraying champagne at the 500-plus fans who came to the
bar for the extended celebration.
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After one season as Chicago Cubs hitting coach, Bill Mueller
resigned from the job, according to multiple reports Tuesday.
Mueller's resignation comes after the Cubs reassigned assistant
hitting coach Mike Brumley to another position in the organization.
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Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig was kept out of the
starting lineup for Game 4 of the National League Division Series on
Tuesday against the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said Puig was not injured but that he
decided to use a lineup that "gives us the best chance to win
today." The 23-year-old Puig has struck out eight times in 12
at-bats in the series, including seven straight times at one point,
and was batting .250 after the first three games.
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Qualifying offers climbed to $15.3 million from $14.1 million in the
last offseason for eligible free agents.
During the past two offseasons, none of the 22 players who received
qualifying offers took them.
(Editing by Frank Pingue)
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