The Cubs named former Padres GM JED HOYER Exec VP & GM and former Padres Assistant GM JASON MCLEOD Senior VP/Scouting & Player Development (Cubs). Sources said that Hoyer "signed a five-year deal that almost doubled the $600,000 he made annually running the Padres' front office" (ESPNCHICAGO.com, 11/1)....Hulman & Co. and Indianapolis Motor Speedway promoted the following: MICHAEL REDLICK to Senior VP and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer for IMS; RONALD GALLE to VP and CFO for Hulman & Co. and IMS; J. DOUGLAS BOLES to VP/Communications for Hulman & Co. and IMS; GRETCHEN SNELLING to VP and Chief Legal Counsel for Hulman & Co. and its subsidiaries; and MARLA FLOWERS to Dir of Operations for Hulman & Co. (IMS)....Fox promoted DAVID SAFRAN to Cable Sports Ad Sales Senior VP in charge of sales for Fuel and Fox Soccer, and JULIE SHARENOW to Speed Ad Sales Dir (Fox Sports Media Group)....The Mariners named former Padres Dir of Player Personnel CHRIS GWYNN Dir of Player Development (AP, 11/1)....The MLS Earthquakes named MATTHEW CHAN Account Exec (THE DAILY).
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