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The Los Angeles Dodgers last week announced their minor league coaching staffs for 2012, and for the most part they look very similar to those of 2011. The biggest coaching news is the hire of Doug Mientkiewicz, who will make his coaching debut as the hitting coach of the rookie league Ogden Raptors in the Pioneer League. Mientkiewicz played for the Dodgers in 2009.

Matt Herges, who pitched for the Dodgers as well as every other team in the National League West, will be coaching for his second year in 2012. He was promoted from pitching coach of the Arizona Rookie League Dodgers in 2011 to pitching coach of the Class A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes next year.

The Dodgers’ staffs at Triple A and Double A remained the same as 2011. Here are the 2012 coaching assignments for the Dodgers:

Field Coordinator: Bruce Hines
Senior Advisor, Player Development: P.J. Carey, Gene Clines, Charlie Hough
Senior Advisor, Latin America: Ramon Martinez
Hitting Coordinator: Eric Owens
Pitching Coordinator: Rafael Chaves
Outfield/Baserunning Coordinator: Damon Mashore
Infield Coordinator: Jody Reed
Catching Coordinator: Travis Barbary
Coordination of Arizona Instruction: Matt Martin
Campo Las Palmas Coordinator: Henry Cruz
Field Coordinator, Campo Las Palmas: Antonio Bautista

Triple-A Albuquerque:
Manager: Lorenzo Bundy
Hitting Coach: John Valentin
Pitching Coach: Glenn Dishman

Double-A Chattanooga:
Manager: Carlos Subero
Hitting Coach: Franklin Stubbs
Pitching Coach: Chuck Crim

Single-A Rancho Cucamonga:
Manager: Juan Bustabad
Hitting Coach: Michael Boughton
Pitching Coach: Matt Herges

Single-A Great Lakes:
Manager: John Shoemaker
Hitting Coach: Razor Shines
Pitching Coach: Hector Berrios

Rookie-advanced Ogden:
Manager: Damon Berryhill
Hitting Coach: Doug Mientkiewicz
Pitching Coach: Bill Simas

Rookie-level Arizona League Dodgers:
Manager/Coordinator of Arizona Instruction: Matt Martin
Hitting Coach: Leo Garcia
Pitching Coach: Kremlin Martinez

Rookie-level Dominican Summer League Dodgers:
Manager: Pedro Mega
Hitting Coach: Keyter Collado
Pitching Coach: Alejandro Peña
Catching Coach: Jose D. Hernandez
Assistant Coach: Rafael Ozuna

Camelback Ranch – Glendale:
Pitching/Rehab Coach: Jim Slaton
Coach: Johnny Washington
Coach: Esteban Lopez

For more Dodgers offseason news and analysis, be sure to read True Blue LA.

In a filing Wednesday, the committee said there’s no guarantee that a sale of the team without the TV rights will result in Dodgers creditors being paid in full.

The committee noted that the Dodgers face several unreconciled claims, including a lawsuit filed on behalf of a San Francisco Giants fan who is represented on the creditors committee and was critically injured in an assault outside Dodger Stadium on opening day.

Fox is challenging the proposed media rights sale, saying it violates the company’s rights under an existing contract with the Dodgers.

AUTHOR HONORED

Author W.P. Kinsella has won the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s Jack Graney Award for his 1982 novel “Shoeless Joe.”

It was one of a dozen baseball-themed books written by the 76-year-old Edmonton, Alberta, native. “Shoeless Joe” was later adapted into the 1989 film “Field of Dreams,” starring Kevin Costner.

The Jack Graney Award is given for significant contribution to baseball in Canada through a life’s work or a singular outstanding achievement.

Kinsella, who will be honored next year at the Hall in St. Mary’s, Ontario, said in a statement he was proud to know that people are still reading his books.

JOHNSON, CUBS CLOSE

A person familiar with the situation said the Chicago Cubs and outfielder Reed Johnson are closing in on a one-year contract.

The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, confirmed reports by several media outlets that Johnson will be signed pending a physical.

Johnson batted .309 in 111 games for the Cubs last season. He was with them in 2008 and 2009 after playing his first five seasons in Toronto and spent 2010 with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Johnson can play all three spots in the outfield and figures to fill a reserve role.

SHORT HOPS

The Rangers acquired catcher Luis Martinez from the Padres for minor league pitcher Ryan Kelly and added him to their 40-man roster. … The Brewers signed 11-year veteran infielder Cesar Izturis and left-hander Juan Perez to minor-league contracts with invitations to spring training. … The Royals signed left-handed reliever Jose Mijares to a 1-year contract. … The Indians agreed to a minor league deal with versatile free-agent infielder Andy LaRoche and invited him to spring training.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ financial liability to a beaten San Francisco Giants fan from Santa Cruz will likely be “massive,” creditor attorneys said Wednesday.Before Bryan Stow, 42, went to his first-ever game at Dodger Stadium on March 31, he worked as an American Medical Response paramedic in Santa Clara and was an active loving father for his two children.Today, one-third of Stow’s brain is damaged beyond repair, he struggles to speak, and sometimes cannot recognize his parents’ faces.Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt plans on selling the Dodgers for $1 billion, and debts and tax liabilities may equal that amount. The Dodgers and their parent company, which are more than $600 million in debt, are claiming they are not liable for the attack on Stow or his medical expenses.Stow’s medical bills have racked up so high that they are approaching $50 million.A California judge will rule on whether the Dodgers are financially responsible for Stow, and Stow’s family has filed a massive lawsuit against the baseball team.For nine months, top brain trauma surgeons at San Francisco General Hospital and in Los Angeles gave Stow around-the-clock medical care as he barely clung to life. He still has not been able to return home to Santa Cruz, and is living in a rehabilitation center.The lifelong Giants fan does not remember anything that happened the day two Dodger fans jumped him in Dodger Stadium’s parking lot and kicked his head even after he was unconscious from his head hitting the pavement.The McCourt-Stow-Dodgers dispute is further complicated by McCourt’s divorce to his now ex-wife Jamie, who is getting $131 million from a divorce settlement.

DOVER, Del. — Creditors of the Los Angeles Dodgers are joining the team in urging a federal district judge not to halt implementation of a bankruptcy court order authorizing the Dodgers to begin a process for selling television rights to future games.

In a filing Wednesday, the committee said there’s no guarantee that a sale of the team without the TV rights will result in Dodgers creditors being paid in full.

The committee noted that the Dodgers face several unreconciled claims, including a lawsuit filed on behalf of a San Francisco Giants fan who is represented on the creditors committee and was critically injured in an assault outside Dodger Stadium on opening day.

Fox is challenging the proposed media rights sale, saying it violates the company’s rights under an existing contract with the Dodgers.

 

DOVER, Del. (AP)

Creditors of the Los Angeles Dodgers are joining the team in urging a federal district judge not to halt implementation of a bankruptcy court order authorizing the Dodgers to begin a process for selling television rights to future games.

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DOVER, Del. (AP) Creditors of the Los Angeles Dodgers are joining the team in urging a federal district judge not to halt implementation of a bankruptcy court order authorizing the Dodgers to begin a process for selling television rights to future games.

In a filing Wednesday, the committee said there’s no guarantee that a sale of the team without the TV rights will result in Dodgers creditors being paid in full.

The committee noted that the Dodgers face several unreconciled claims, including a lawsuit filed on behalf of a San Francisco Giants fan who is represented on the creditors committee and was critically injured in an assault outside Dodger Stadium on opening day.

Fox is challenging the proposed media rights sale, saying it violates the company’s rights under an existing contract with the Dodgers.

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