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Eric Wedge

OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 15: Manager Eric Wedge #22 takes the ball from pitcher Charlie Furbush #41 taking him out of the game in the ninth inning against the Oakland Athletics at O.co Coliseum on June 15, 2013 in Oakland, California. The Mariners won the game 4-0.

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    A's would mark the first time the Mariners have swept a series this season. Sweeps are always preferred, Mariners manager Eric Wedge said, but a final win against a division leader is especially pertinent if Seattle has intentions of competing for a playoff   from MLB.com Read more »

  • NULL Blanco slam backs Hernandez in M's win - Sat, 15 Jun 2013 PST

    him Friday, three days after his release by Toronto. He became the oldest Seattle player ever with a slam. Mariners manager Eric Wedge wrote Blanco into the lineup right away — and it didn’t hurt Blanco had previously caught Hernandez in the bullpen for the   from The Spokesman  Read more »

  • FANTASY BASEBALL: Saveless in Seattle

    scoop up Carter Capps. Uh oh. I quickly scramble to my team page to read the note next to Wilhemsen’s name. “Mariners manager Eric Wedge said Friday that Tom Wilhelmsen will not be used as the team’s closer for at least his next two or three outings.” Great.   from New Haven Register Read more »

  • Zunino hits first home run

    manager Eric Wedge certainly hopes it plays out that way. Zunino, a former Gator, hit a tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning after making a stellar defensive play to cut down a runner at the plate earlier in the game and helping Joe Saunders end his   from GatorSports.com Read more »

  • NULL Smoak inching toward return to Mariners

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About Eric Wedge

Eric Michael Wedge (born January 27, 1968 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is the manager of the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball's American League Central Division. He attended Northrop High School in Fort Wayne and played on the school's state champion baseball team in 1983. He won the AL Manager of the year award in 2007. As a player, he led the Wichita State University Shockers to the 1989 College World Series championship. He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox that same year, played nine minor league seasons in the Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies organizations and played briefly for the Red Sox (1991, 1992, 1994) and the Rockies (1993). After managing in the Indians' minor league system from 1998 through 2002, he was named manager of the Indians in October 2002 and became the youngest manager since 1985 in the Major Leagues at 35 years, 64 days young on opening day 2003.

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