MLB NOTEBOOK: DODGERS RECEIVE OK TO INTERVIEW GIANTS' AID.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services With their search for a general manager headed for a third week, the Dodgers received permission from San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden owner Peter Magowan Peter A. Magowan (born 1942 [1]) is the managing general partner of the San Francisco Giants Major League Baseball franchise. Magowan, along with a group of investors, purchased the franchise on January 12, 1993 from the previous owner, Bob Lurie. on Thursday to interview Giants assistant GM Ned Colletti Ned Louis Colletti, Jr. is the General Manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Colletti graduated from East Leyden High School in Franklin Park, Illinois and Northern Illinois University. Colletti began his Major League Career in 1982 with the Chicago Cubs. . Colletti, 50, has been at the right hand of Giants GM Brian Sabean Brian Sabean is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the San Francisco Giants, a Major League Baseball franchise. He has held the job since 1997, when he replaced former General Manager Bob Quinn. for the past nine seasons and handles the club's contract negotiations. ``I'm flattered that they asked Peter Magowan for permission to talk to me,'' Colletti said. ``The Los Angeles Dodgers "Dodgers" and "Brooklyn Dodgers" redirect here. For the American football team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (football). For the Eastern Basketball Association team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (basketball). are one of the premier franchises in sports, and I don't take this invitation lightly.'' A longtime media relations director for the Chicago Cubs, Colletti moved to the baseball operations side of that organization in the early 1990s, joined the Giants in 1995 and became Sabean's top assistant in 1997. Since then, the Giants have reached the postseason four times and the World Series once. ``I don't think it would be a normal career path to experience as much as I have and learn as much as I have and dedicate as much of my life as I have to not aspire to aspire to verb aim for, desire, pursue, hope for, long for, crave, seek out, wish for, dream about, yearn for, hunger for, hanker after, be eager for, set your heart on, set your sights on, be ambitious for a top position on the baseball side of an organization,'' Colletti said. Colletti was one of eight finalists for Cincinnati's GM vacancy two years ago, with that job ultimately going to Dan O'Brien. It was his only previous interview for a GM position, although he declined a chance to interview in Pittsburgh in 2001 when Magowan, who had given the Pirates permission to interview him, offered Colletti a contract extension to stay. - Tony Jackson --Cy Carpenter: Chris Carpenter, toiling in Double-A two years ago as he tried to work his way back from shoulder surgery, capped off a remarkable comeback by winning the NL Cy Young Award. After going 21-5 with a 2.83 ERA for the St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. , Carpenter received 19 of 32 first-place votes and finished with 132 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. ``I can't believe I won,'' Carpenter said. ``My son did a little dance for me and my wife gave me a big hug. We were really excited about it.'' He beat out Florida lefty Dontrelle Willis, becoming the first Cardinals pitcher to claim the honor since Hall of Famer Bob Gibson in 1970. --Avoiding trouble: The House Government Reform Committee said Rafael Palmeiro is safe from perjury perjury (pûr`jərē), in criminal law, the act of willfully and knowingly stating a falsehood under oath or under affirmation in judicial or administrative proceedings. charges after it could not produce enough evidence to prove the Baltimore Orioles star lied lied when he told a congressional panel under oath in March that he had ``never used steroids.'' Six weeks later, he tested positive for steroids. |
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