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Friday, November 17, 2006 Oakland Tabs Geren to be New Manager
The Oakland Athletics announced today the club has agreed to terms with Bob Geren on a two-year contract to become the 28th manager in franchise history and 17th in Oakland history. The agreement is through the 2008 season with a club option for 2009. No further terms were disclosed.
Geren succeeds Ken Macha, who was relieved of his duties on October 16 after compiling a 368-280 record in four seasons as A’s manager. The 45-year old Geren has been a member of the A’s coaching staff for the last four seasons, serving as the club’s bench coach in 2006 after spending the previous three seasons as bullpen coach. He joined the A’s organization in 1999 as manager of Single-A Modesto and spent the next three seasons (2000-02) at the helm of the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats. He also managed in the Boston Red Sox farm system for three seasons, guiding Utica of the New York-Penn League in 1995, the Red Sox Gulf Coast League team in 1996 and Sarasota of the Florida State League in 1998. His seven-year managerial record on the minor league level is 452-390, including a 319-253 record in the A’s system. He gained further managerial experience last off-season, leading Escogido in the Dominican Winter League. Geren was named the California League’s Manager of the Year in 1999, after his Modesto club finished 88-52 and won both halves in the Northern Division of the California League. He then led Triple-A Sacramento to consecutive first place finishes in the Southern Division of the Pacific Coast League, as the River Cats posted a 90-54 record in 2000 and 75-69 in 2001. posted by Joe Hamrahi at 11:02 AM |
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Beane sticks to his philosophy of de-emphasizing the manager position by hiring another guy with no previous MLB managing experience and signing him to a low paying, short-term contract.
Can't say I agree with that view of Beane's philosophy. Who on their interview list would have been a better choice? Geren ws one of two possible in-house choices, knows the A's and sounds like a communicator (unlike Macha). The other main candidates... Hillman, Acta, Black, Hershiser, Washington... have zero mlb managing games under their belt as a group. Beane just kept comparing each of them to the in-house candidate and deciding they weren't a significant upgrade over the home-grown option. I can't see how it would help them to recycle an old horse. Who would that have been, anyway? It is interesting to notice that not a single hire this year is experienced, with the exception of Piniella, and I'm not optimistic about the Cubs' chances with him at the helm.
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