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Clint Hurdle looking a lot like Joe Maddon - or is it the other way around? (Photos) David Brown, yahoo.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. - We have a full-blown silver fox alert at baseball's winter meetings. The mini-trend of hiring a manager with no previous major-league managing experience has been noted with Walt Weiss of the Rockies and Mike Redmond of the Marlins fo
	With Escobar out, Marlins' focus turns to hot corner Dec 5, 2012 Joe Frisaro, MLB.com Trading Yunel Escobar was the Marlins' primary objective heading into the Winter Meetings, and they were able to pull that off late Tuesday night. All day on Wednesday, the organization was weighing possible candidates to take over at third base.
	Excited Redmond ready to change Marlins' culture Dec 5, 2012 Joe Frisaro, MLB.com Building a winning culture will be among the biggest challenges for Mike Redmond, but it is something the new Marlins manager is certainly familiar with.
	Marlins trade recently-acquired Escobar to Rays Dec 5, 2012 CNNSI.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Yunel Escobar's stay with the Miami Marlins lasted all of two weeks.
	Marlins flip recently added SS Escobar to Rays Dec 5, 2012 Associated Press, ESPN.com Yunel Escobar's stay with the Miami Marlins lasted all of two weeks.

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