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10-09-2004, 03:06 PM
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I want to manage again and we had a nice conversation," Melvin said. "It's an organization that I have some winning history with, there is mutual respect, and it's an intriguing possibility. But it was just a friendly conversation."
Melvin spent the 2001 and '02 seasons as the Diamondbacks' bench coach, serving as then-manager Bob Brenly's right-hand man during Arizona's World Series championship season. He left the Diamondbacks prior to the '03 season to become Seattle's managerial replacement for Lou Piniella, who bowed out of a contract with one year remaining so he could manage closer to his home in Tampa, Fla.
I want to manage again and we had a nice conversation," Melvin said. "It's an organization that I have some winning history with, there is mutual respect, and it's an intriguing possibility. But it was just a friendly conversation."
Melvin spent the 2001 and '02 seasons as the Diamondbacks' bench coach, serving as then-manager Bob Brenly's right-hand man during Arizona's World Series championship season. He left the Diamondbacks prior to the '03 season to become Seattle's managerial replacement for Lou Piniella, who bowed out of a contract with one year remaining so he could manage closer to his home in Tampa, Fla.