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No one should doubt Ralph Kruegers credentials to be behind a bench in the NHL, but his promotion from associate coach of the Edmonton Oilers under the departed Tom Renney to head coach of the team was surprising in one sense. That is, when the Oilers opted to not bring back Renney, it was thought the team was looking for a significant culture change and keeping everyone else on the coaching staff except Renney and promoting his right hand man to the head position is hardly perceived as a dramatic difference. But the Oilers are convinced Krueger in the pilots seat will be different enough than Krueger in the co-pilots chair. And that his experience, most of it in Europe and notably with the Swiss national team program, will stand him in good stead, to say nothing of his intimate knowledge of the current Oilers. The 52-year-old Krueger is regarded as a very direct in his approach, a good communicator, one with sound technical knowledge and he even had the endorsement of Renney, who told the Oilers on his way out the door that Krueger would be the best man for the job. And after interviewing other candidates from outside the organization, the Oilers apparently came to the same conclusion. NFL Stitched Jerseys . -- Ichiro Suzuki homered and scored three times, Kyle Seager drove in four runs and the Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-6 on Wednesday night. Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping . The team announced he will need three months to recover from surgery to repair an injured meniscus. He was hurt in Montreals 24-12 win in Toronto on Sunday. http://www.nflcheapjerseysstitched.com/ . The 42-year-old veteran netminder put in a solid performance Thursday in the Tampa Bay Lightnings 3-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Wholesale Jerseys from china . -- Ichiro Suzuki homered and scored three times, Kyle Seager drove in four runs and the Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-6 on Wednesday night. Cheap Jerseys . Humber gets an $800,000 salary next year. There is a club option for $3 million in 2014 with a $50,000 buyout. The 29-year-old Humber pitched a perfect game in a 4-0 win over the Seattle Mariners last April 21. CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians goals have changed considerably in the last two months. Instead of battling for the AL Central title, theyre fighting to stay out of the division cellar. The Indians took a step toward that Thursday with a 4-3 victory over Minnesota in 10 innings. Cleveland, 12-39 since July 26, moved into a fourth-place tie with the Twins in the Central. Minnesota won 12 of the 18 games between the clubs this season. "No one wants to finish last," Indians manager Manny Acta said. "Its a pride thing. ... It just doesnt sound good." Casey Kotchman ended the game with a bases-loaded single. "The objective is the same every day for us, whether youre in first place or last," he said. "Youre trying to win. Unfortunately, the last month and a half or two months, it hasnt happened a whole lot. It still doesnt change why we show up each and every day." The Twins came within a win of sweeping the series. "Bummer," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "This was a bummer of a day at the end there." Pinch hitter Shin-Soo Choo doubled off the wall in left-centre to start the inning against reliever Anthony Swarzak (3-5). Choo took third on Jason Kipnis groundout before Carlos Santana and Michael Brantley were intentionally walked to load the bases. Kotchman fouled off the first pitch before bouncing a ground ball up the middle against the drawn-in infield for his third hit of the game. "I wanted to get a pitch to hit and put it in play and see what happens," Kotchman said. "Luckily, it found a hole." "We felt good at the end of the game," Acta said. "Choo has been scuffling, but he got us started. It was a great at bat by Kipnis, getting the runner over, and Casey, we felt good with him up there because he smoked the ball the whole day, and he got the game winning hit." Gardenhire thought his strategy worked, but the results didnt pay off. "We gave up a leadoff double in the 10th," he said. "After that happens, you just try to find the right guy to face. We got a ground ball, which we wanted, but unfortunately it went right up the middle. Kotch is a veteran hitter and hit it in the right spot." Both of Clevelands wins on its six-game homestand came on walk-offs. The Indians sccored two runs off Detroit closer Jose Valvedre for a 7-6 win Sunday.dddddddddddd "I felt we could have done better on this homestand, but we won today," Acta said. The Indians open a six-game trip Friday in Kansas City. Cleveland then plays three games in Chicago before finishing the season with a six-game homestand against the Royals and White Sox. "Its nice to get on this flight with a win," Kotchman said. "Winning makes everything a little b
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