Oakland A's Fire Manager Bob Geren

The Oakland A's have fired manager Bob Geren in the middle of a nine-game losing streak. General manager Billy Beane said...

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"It felt like at this point a change was necessary,"..."It got to the point where the emphasis was on the status of the manager on a daily basis and no longer on the field. When that starts to happen, you need to shift the focus to what's really important, which is performance. That's how we came to this decision."

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Former Arizona Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin will take over for the rest of the season as interim manager.