Posted by Timm Davis on Friday, October 17, 2008 at 12:19 pm

…According to the Major League Baseball Players Union they have found evidence of teams acting in concert to not sign Baseball’s homerun leader Barry Bonds.

“There were numerous things that occurred that made me believe that the clubs were acting in concert,” Bonds’ agent, Jeff Borris, said Thursday. “When I testify as a witness in the case, I will delineate each and every one of them.”

The players association has won three collusion cases in the past, in which owners were to have been found to conspire against players in 1985, 1986 and 1987.

…Not only did the Red Sox pay all of Manny Ramirez’s contract while he played in Los Angeles, but the players have voted that Manny will recieve two-thirds share of the Boston Red Sox playoff money. The two thirds comes from the two thirds of a season that he played in Boston this year before being dealt to the Dodgers.

…The Seattle Mariners General Manger search is now down to four hopefuls. Kim Ng, Jack Zduriencik, Jerry DiPoto and Tony LaCava. Zduriencik was a ’silent’ choice as no one knew about it until recently as he was interviewed the Monday after the Brewers were eliminated from the Play Offs.

…Everyone’s second favorite Steinbrenner, Hank says that Joba Chamberlain will return to the starting rotation in 2009.

“The plan as of right now is Chamberlain is going to be a starter,” the Yankees co-chairman said Thursday after five hours of organizational meetings at the team’s spring training complex. “Everybody’s pretty much in agreement with that.”

…The Houston Astros have named Al Pedrique Minor League field coordinator. He had been the Astros administrative coach and will now be in charge of Minor League spring training and player development.

“Al is a very experienced and passionate baseball man who will take on a vital role as field coordinator,” assistant general manager Ricky Bennett said. “His knowledge and familiarity with our organization will accelerate his impact on the level of instruction in player development. I’m looking forward to working closely with Al to ensure that our players continue to play the game the right way.”

…Stan Javier the Manager of the Dominican Republics World Baseball Classic team is hoping that Albert Pujols will be ready to go in time for the WBC. Pujols just had surgery on his elbow to relieve an irritation, he’s expected to be ready by Spring Training.

…As expected the Cleveland Indians picked up Jamie Carroll’s $2.5MM option for 2009. If they had declined to pick up the option the Indians would’ve been on the hook for $150,000 in a buy out.