The endorsements are there. The interest from other big-league teams was there. Venable's temperament seems to fit the moment, too.

CHICAGO — Rick Renteria was the manager, Luis Robert Jr. hadn’t yet played a major-league game and Yasmani Grandal and Dallas Keuchel were among the big free-agent additions the last time ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Managers matter, but only to an extent. Some teams win without the best ones in the seat; others ...

Yet Theo Epstein and Rick Renteria saw enough in him to give him ... getting back to the post-season this season. Team president/baseball Jed Hoyer and general manager Carter Hawkins are working ...

José Abreu returned via a three-year, $50 million deal, while the White Sox extended center fielder Luis Robert, the top outfield prospect in all of baseball per MLB Pipeline ... Count manager Rick ...

The case against Boone as a manager is fairly cut-and-dry: first and foremost he has yet to deliver a World Series win, the ultimate north star for any franchise but particularly ...

Rizzs calls it one of his most proud moments in a life full of fantastic baseball memories. That's Rick Rizzs. And so is the man starting "Rick's Locker." In November, Rizzs launched the endeavor ...

Rick Hartzell returned to Northern Iowa as the director of athletics in 1999. Determined to jumpstart athletics at UNI, ...

Thump. The car Rick Heller drove in 1999 was an unspectacular vehicle — mostly serving as something to get him from point A to point B. A quarter century later, the head baseball coach at Iowa ...