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Welcome back to the new season of AAA Baseball here in Columbus. Starting early next week, I will resume the regular updates (notes, recaps, and features) as well as update everything on the sidebar. Please join me in saying best of luck to our Clippers, both new and old.

Though I normally like to get this sort of news up quickly, studying for exams kept me from releasing it right away. On Monday, I got an e-mail from Joe (Media and Historian for the Clippers) about their new manager, and wanted to fill you all in.

On Monday, the Cleveland Indians announced that Mike Sarbaugh is taking over for Torey Lovullo as the next manager of the Clippers.  Sarbaugh was manager of the year for the Eastern League and he led the AA Akron Aeros to the championship game. In six season as a minor-league manager for the Indians, he has finished in the top two spots and been to the playoffs five times.

Lovullo has moved on to manage the Pawtucket Red Sox.

To give you a sense of the new manager, here is his career record (as provided by the Clippers):

Year Team (Classification; League)           Record Notes

2009    Akron (Double-A; Eastern)                    89-53   1^st * won league championship

2008    Akron (Double-A; Eastern)                    80-62   2^nd * playoff appearance

2007    Kinston (Advanced-A; Carolina)           87-52   1^st * playoff appearance

2006    Kinston (Advanced-A; Carolina)           85-54   1^st * won league championship

2005    Lake County (Low-A; South Atlantic)   72-66  2^nd

2004    Mahoning Valley (Short-A; NY/Penn)  42-34 1^st * won league championship

455-321 (.586)