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Mariners Blog

November 17, 2008

No new manager today, or Tuesday, or ...

Posted at 6:26 pm by By Kirby Arnold

General manager Jack Zduriencik has spent so much time digging into the backgrounds of the men he's considering to hire as the Mariners' next manager that you'd think he'd unearth a skeleton or two.

So far, nothing frightening.

Zduriencik continued to double- and triple-check his information, and he couldn't say Monday when he would be ready to announce his decision. It won't happen Tuesday and may not happen by Wednesday, either.

"The sooner the better, but I can’t do it until I have all my questions answered," he said Monday evening.

So Zduriencik plans to spend Tuesday doing what he did Monday -- calling colleagues and continuing to comb for information he didn't already have.

"When you get down to 1 and 1A and B-double-plus, you want to make sure there isn’t anything that comes up that surprises you where you have to step back or something that creates a dilemma you weren’t counting on."

He hasn't uncovered anything that made him wince.

"My thoughts have been solidified more than anything else in terms of a couple of the candidates," he said.

Zduriencik won't indicate which of the seven finalists are at the top of his list.

Many around baseball familiar with the finalists consider Red Sox bench coach Brad Mills, A's bench coach Don Wakamatsu and Diamondbacks third-base coach Chip Hale as the most impressive of those the Mariners interviewed. The others interviewed were White Sox bench coach Joey Cora, Red Sox third-base coach DeMarlo Hale, Class AAA Portland Beavers manager Randy Ready and Cardinals third-base coach Jose Oquendo.

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