The 32-year-old Coco Crisp has been in the big leagues since his debut in 2002 with the Cleveland Indians. Since then, the switch-hitting outfielder has also played for the Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, and Oakland Athletics.

Now the word from MLB Trade Rumors is that Crisp is likely to add another team to his resume and it could be one from his Southern California hometown. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs have both been talking to Crisp about joining them to play left field, the site notes.

AS MLBTR points out, the Cubs already have Alfonso Soriano out in left and have him under contract for another three seasons.

Crisp hit .264 with eight homers and 26 doubles this past season for the A’s. He also had 49 stolen bases, a career high. Of course, this was also the first year since 2006 that Crisp was healthy enough to play in more than 130 games. The last time he played more than 100 games was in 2007 when he helped the Red Sox win a World Series.r

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DALLAS, Texas –News, notes and quotes from MLB’s winter meetings at the Anatole Hilton Hotel.

-Indians GM Chris Antonetti had no comment when asked if he was interested in signing Manny Ramirez. The former Indians outfielder is seeking reinstatement from MLB’s retirement list.

Ramirez, facing a 100-game suspension last season for violating MLB’s drug policy, retired early last season with the Rays. MLB has announced that Ramirez would only face a 50-game suspension if he can find work with a big league club.

Since 2008, Ramirez has played with Boston, the Dodgers, White Sox and Rays. He hit 37 homers in 2008, but only 28 since. Ramirez’s career numbers, without the two drug infractions, are Hall of Fame worthy at .312, 2,574 hits, 547 doubles, 555 homers and 1831 RBI.

He played with the Indians from 1993 through 2000.

-Ron Santo, the Cubs late third baseman, was elected to the Hall of Fame on Monday by a vote of the Golden Era Committee.

A player needed 12 votes to gain admission. Former Indian Minnie Minoso received nine. Louie Tiant, another former Indians, received fewer than three.

-The Indians have told catcher Carlos Santana that he cannot play winter ball. Santana, just over a year removed from surgery on his left knee, is coming off a season in which he led the Indians with 155 games played and finished second with 552 at-bats.

Santana, Fausto Carmona and Ubaldo Jimenez have been conditioning with Nelson Perez, Indians athletic trainer, in the Dominican Republic for the last five weeks. The Indians want Santana rested and healthy when he reports to spring training in February.

The switch-hitting Santana batted .239 (132-for-552) with 35 doubles, 27 homers and 79 RBI, 133 strikeouts and 97 walks. Santana’s 27 homers set a club record for switching hitters.

-Jimenez, who did not pitch winter ball last offseason, will make his first start for Licey on Dec. 15. Manager Manny Acta will be on hand to watch.

-ESPN is reporting that the Indians are one of nine teams interested in free agent outfielder Josh Willingham. No surprise there because they tried get him at the trading deadline in July.

Willingham, a right-handed hitter, hit .246 (120-for-480) with 26 doubles, 29 homers and 98 RBI for Oakland last season.

-Kosuke Fukudome did a nice job for the Indians after being acquired from the Cubs for the stretch run, but it’s unlikely they’ll re-sign the free agent outfielder. It may have been a different story if Fukudome hit right-handed instead of left-handed.

With the re-signing of free agent Grady Sizemore, the Indians are expecting to open the season with three left-handed hitting outfielders in Sizemore, Michael Brantley and Shin-Soo Choo.

-Right-hander Chad Durbin, the Indians other free agent, will not be back.

Two former Major League pitchers are among the latest additions to the Cleveland Indians Player Development System for the 2012 season.

Former 20-game winner Scott Erickson and former Tribe reliever Steve Karsay will join the organization.

Erickson will be pitching coach of the Class A Carolina Mudcats, his first stint as a professional coach.

Erickson compiled a career Major League record of 142-136 with a 4.59 earned run average in 389 games over 15 big league seasons with six teams from 1990-2006. In 1991 with the world champion Minnesota Twins, he was an American League All-Star, leading the AL in wins (20) on his way to a 20-8 record with a 3.18 ERA. He finished second to Rogers Clemens in the AL Cy Young voting.

Karsay rejoins the Indians organization after spending four seasons in the Cleveland bullpen from 1998-2001, when he was 15-14 with a 3.23 ERA in 164 games. He spent 11 seasons in the big leagues from 1993-2006 with Oakland, Cleveland, Atlanta, New York (AL) and Texas and was a first round pick of the A’s in 1990. This is his first season of instruction at the professional level.

The Indians also announced that Rob Leary has joined the organization as field coordinator while Mickey Callaway moves to pitching coordinator.

Leary and Callaway join Travis Fryman (second season, infield) and Alan Zinter (first season, hitting) in coordinator roles at the top level of the Indians Player Development System.

Leary, 47, spent the last two seasons as a Major League staff assistant for the Boston Red Sox, organizing spring training workouts and assisting the coaching staff with advance scouting and pre-game and on-field preparations. He was Boston’s field coordinator for seven seasons (2003-09) and worked in the Florida Marlins system from 1995-2001. He began his 26-year career in pro baseball as a player in the Montreal Expos system in 1986. He will also oversee and instruct the organization’s catchers.

 Callaway, 36, is beginning his third season in the organization after spending the 2010 season at Class A Lake County and 2011 at Class A Kinston. He pitched professionally for 13 seasons from 1997-2009, including parts of five seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers and Anaheim Angels from 1999-2004.

Mike Sarbaugh returns to the Class AAA Columbus Clippers, where he has led the Clippers to consecutive Triple A and International League Championships. Ruben Niebla (pitching) and Phil Clark (hitting) round out the Columbus staff.

The Class AA Akron Aeros staff remains unchanged for 2012.

David Wallace will manage the Class A Lake County Captains with Ted Kubiak assuming the helm of the Short Season A Mahoning Valley Scrappers. Wallace managed the Scrappers in 2011 after spending the 2009 and 2010 seasons as an assistant on the Major League coaching staff. Kubiak is beginning his 19th season in the Indians organization and his 53rd season in pro baseball since 1960.

CHICAGO (AP) – Cleveland Indians bench coach Sandy Alomar Jr.
interviewed for the Chicago Cubs managerial opening Friday.

The Cubs have already interviewed Phillies bench coach Pete Mackanin, Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum and Rangers pitching
coach Mike Maddux as possible replacements for the fired Mike Quade.

Alomar spent parts of 20 seasons catching in the majors. He was
the 1990 AL Rookie of the Year and a six-time All-Star for the Indians. He has been the first base coach in Cleveland for the past two seasons.

Alomar interviewed this week for the Boston Red Sox managerial
opening.

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Nov 9, 2011 – Former Cleveland Indians catcher and current Indians bench coach Sandy Alomar Jr. interviewed for the Boston Red Sox manager position today, Nov. 9.

Although Alomar does not boast any direct managerial experience, he is on the short list of candidates to replace the departed Terry Francona for Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington .

“He didn’t know who I was, in ’98 with Cleveland,” said Cherington, who is now the Red Sox general manager and leading the search for a new manager in Boston. “But I saw him in the clubhouse—I was in the clubhouse all the time—and I saw the leader he was back then, the respect he had in that clubhouse. I’ve been sort of following him since then.”

Alomar played 20 years in the majors and was a six-time All-Star. Many of his finest moments came with the Indians in the 1990s when the team experienced great success. He debuted with the San Diego Padres in 1988 along with brother Roberto Alomar, who was inducted to Hall of Fame in 2011, and the two re-joined each other when Roberto joined the Indians more than a decade later in 1999. His father, Sandy Alomar, Sr., was an All-Star second baseman and coached for the San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, and Colorado Rockies.

Alomar is a hot name at the moment and is scheduled to interview with the Chicago Cubs on Nov. 11.

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Red Sox to interview Sandy Alomar

By TOM WITHERS

AP Sports Writer

CLEVELAND (AP) The Cleveland Indians have given Boston permission to interview bench coach Sandy Alomar to be the next manager of the Red Sox .

Alomar recently completed his second season coaching first base for Cleveland manager Manny Acta. He was promoted to bench coach on the final day of the season by Acta when Tim Tolman stepped down because of Parkinson’s Disease.

Alomar has no managerial experience, and would be considered a longshot to replace Terry Francona, who was fired after the season.

A six-time All-Star catcher with the Indians, Alomar has also been considered for managerial openings in Toronto and with the Chicago White Sox.

On Wednesday, the Red Sox interviewed Milwaukee hitting coach Dale Sveum. He managed the Brewers for the final 12 games of the 2008 regular season and the playoffs after Ned Yost was fired.

Updated November 3, 2011