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ROOT Sports Houston, jointly owned by AT&T and DirecTV, is given the green light by a local judge to take over programming from failing Comcast SportsNet Houston which had countersued the Astros and the Houston Rockets. 

ByTom

2014 – ROOT Sports Houston, jointly owned by AT&T and DirecTV, is given the green light by a local judge to take over programming from failing Comcast SportsNet Houston which had countersued the Astros and the Houston Rockets. 

The Dodgers announce their new general will be Zaidi Farhan, the former Director of Baseball Operations and assistant GM of the A’s. The MIT graduate, the first Muslim to hold the position for any American professional sports franchise, joins the team’s overhauled front office, which also includes the recent hired Andrew Friedman as the president of baseball operations and Josh Byrnes as the senior vice president of baseball operations.

ByTom

The Dodgers announce their new general will be Zaidi Farhan, the former Director of Baseball Operations and assistant GM of the A’s. The MIT graduate, the first Muslim to hold the position for any American professional sports franchise, joins the team’s overhauled front office, which also includes the recent hired Andrew Friedman as the president of baseball operations and Josh Byrnes as the senior vice president of baseball operations.

Winners of the Silver Slugger Award are announced. There is a massive turnover over 2013, as in the American League, only OF Mike Trout retains his title, while in the National League, OF Andrew McCutchen and SS Ian Desmond are the sole holdovers. First time winners include rookie 1B Jose Abreu and batting champion Jose Altuve at 2B in the NL, while 2B Neil Walker and World Series hero P Madison Bumgarner are among the first-time winners in the NL.

ByBaseball

Winners of the Silver Slugger Award are announced. There is a massive turnover over 2013, as in the American League, only OF Mike Trout retains his title, while in the National League, OF Andrew McCutchen and SS Ian Desmond are the sole holdovers. First time winners include rookie 1B Jose Abreu and batting champion Jose Altuve at 2B in the NL, while 2B Neil Walker and World Series hero P Madison Bumgarner are among the first-time winners in the NL.