Padres hire Black as manager

[DonShula84]

Angels pitching coach Bud Black was hired Wednesday to replace Bruce Bochy as the manager of the San Diego Padres, a baseball official said. Black will be introduced at the team's awards banquet Thursday night, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because an official announcement hadn't been made.

Black, who lives outside San Diego, has been the Angels' pitching coach for the last seven seasons. He played at San Diego State with Tony Gwynn and pitched in the big leagues for 15 seasons, helping the Kansas City Royals win the 1985 World Series.
Dusty Baker, considered the leading candidate, said he was told Wednesday morning that he didn't get the job.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Av0bcJO19aMZVdedNQoghVoRvLYF?slug=ap-padres-black&prov=ap&type=lgns

Damn, I liked Black.

 

[Amars]

great pickup. He was eventually gonna get a manager position to bad it with the padres.

 

[PHINATIC13]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Av0bcJO19aMZVdedNQoghVoRvLYF?slug=ap-padres-black&prov=ap&type=lgns

Damn, I liked Black.

I said in the A's manager thread that "I'd be shocked if Blacky(Bud)doesn't get hired (mgr.)by some other team:mad:. Good luck in SD "Blacky".

 

[Roman529]

I would take him over Dusty Baker any day.

 

[Chavez Ravine]

Good to me more diverisity among major league managers


:wink:

 

[finswin56]

I would take him over Dusty Baker any day.

For which of your teams? :wink:

 

[Roman529]

For which of your teams? :wink:

For the Padres...the team that signed him. :wink: