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October 20, 2012

Red Sox Interview Four Managerial Candidates And Request To Speak To Farrell

The Red Sox have interviewed four managerial candidates - Dodgers coach Tim Wallach, Yankees coach Tony Pena, Padres special assistant Brad Ausmus, and Orioles third-base coach DeMarlo Hale - and are requesting permission from Toronto to speak directly to John Farrell, the current Blue Jays manager (and former Red Sox pitching coach).

WEEI's Full Count blog has posted short bios of all of the interviewed candidates: Wallach, Pena, Ausmus, Hale.

Alex Speier examines the Red Sox's approach to wooing Farrell. ... For what it's worth, Peter Gammons said on Friday that the team will decide between Farrell and Ausmus. ... Peter Abraham wonders what the possible compensation for Farrell might be.

Also: Dave Magadan, the Red Sox's hitting coach since 2006, has taken a job as the Rangers' hitting coach. A recent SoSH thread had some good charts showing the team's decreasing on-base percentage since 2007.. ... Current bench coach Tim Bogar recently turned down a bench coach position with the Houston Astros. Bogar is under contract with the Red Sox until the end of October.
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7 comments:

  1. allanOctober 20, 2012 at 11:10 AM

    Sox have also begun talking with Ortiz about a contract for next year. Flo - who hit .318/.415/.611 (1.026) last year - is reportedly looking for something like 2/25-30.


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  2. 9caseyOctober 20, 2012 at 12:14 PM

    So he would most likey take 2/ 20-22. Allan would you like the Farrell hiring?

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  3. Tom DePlontyOctober 20, 2012 at 1:06 PM

    9casey - wasn't that always the plan? BV as an interim manager, then go get Farrell. The first part was such a smashing success - what could possibly go wrong?

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  4. JereOctober 20, 2012 at 7:26 PM

    "BV as an interim manager, then go get Farrell."

    Yeah except it was Maddon. But who knows what's true....

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  5. allanOctober 20, 2012 at 8:30 PM

    I only ever heard Farrell, not Maddon. ... I'd love Maddon.

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  6. allanOctober 20, 2012 at 8:31 PM

    Allan would you like the Farrell hiring?

    I don't really know what he was like in Toronto. A guy at work talked to me about him a few onths ago, and it didn't sound all that great. I should ask him for details.

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  7. JereOctober 21, 2012 at 7:53 AM

    re Joe Maddon: here are some articles that mention it from last winter, before Maddon got the extension. But I said "who knows what's true" because I don't know if it meant the team was actually trying to get him or if it's just what fans and random reports were hoping for.

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