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Mariners Blog

November 18, 2008

Wakamatsu hiring reports are swirling

Posted at 4:24 pm by By Kirby Arnold

5:10 p.m. UPDATE
Mariners spokesman Tim Hevly has confirmed that there will be an announcement on Wednesday concerning their manager, but the team will not confirm what the announcement will be. There won't be an announcement until all work on the hiring is completed and, as of this evening, work continued.

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It's 4:30 p.m. Do you know who your manager is?

My guess is that the Seattle Mariners do but they're not saying what has been reported this afternoon -- that Oakland A's bench coach Don Wakamatsu has been hired as their next manager.

I spoke with the Mariners a few minutes ago and was told they're not in a position to talk about the situation now. That's a change from earlier today when they said no decision had been made despite a KING 5 TV report that the team had chosen Wakamatsu among seven finalists.

Does that mean the deal is done? No. But I wouldn't be surprised if things fell into place later today.

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