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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;By John Perrotto&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;&lt;i&gt;November 1, 2002&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;PITTSBURGH&amp;#8211;John Russell will not repeat as Baseball America&amp;#8217;s Minor League &lt;a href=\\\"\\/online\\/minors\\/moy02.html\\\"&gt;Manager of the Year&lt;\\/a&gt; in 2003.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The Pirates hired Russell as their third base coach and catching instructor. He led the Twins&amp;#8217; Triple-A Edmonton farm club to the Pacific Coast League title this year after the Trappers finished 81-59 in the regular season.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Russell, 41, was also ranked the best managerial prospect in the PCL in Baseball America&amp;#8217;s annual tools survey this year.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;We are extremely pleased to add John to our staff, because he has a great reputation within the industry,&amp;#8221; Pirates general manager Dave Littlefield said. &amp;#8220;He&amp;#8217;s done a fine job in the minor leagues as a manager and has a lot of experience as a player in the major leagues. He is going to be a fine addition to our staff, and we feel he will be outstanding third base coach after performing that role for eight seasons as a minor league manager.&amp;#8221;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Russell spent eight years as a minor league manager with the Minnesota organization, going 527-521. In addition to winning the PCL this year, Russell led Double-A New Britain to the Eastern League championship in 1998.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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