Hal Morris hired as Pirates scouting supervisor. Former Cincinnati Reds first baseman Hal Morris joined the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday as an area scouting supervisor in the upper Midwest.

Morris batted .304 during a 13-season major league career that included 10 seasons with the Reds. He finished second in the 1991 NL batting race with a .318 average.

After retiring as a player following the 2000 season, Morris earned a master’s degree in business administration from Stanford.

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Some charges dismissed in Bonds case.

A federal judge in San Francisco has dismissed several charges against Barry Bonds but has left intact most of the indictment alleging he lied to a grand jury about taking performance-enhancing drugs.
The ruling Monday paves the way for Bonds to go to trial in March.

Bonds faced 14 counts of making false declarations to a grand jury and one count of obstruction of justice. His lawyers had asked U.S. District Judge Susan Illston to dismiss 10 of the charges, saying Bonds was asked ambiguous questions in front of the grand jury.

Illston ruled Monday to dismiss or combine five of the charges.

Posted on November 25th, 2008 by admin
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