D-back debacle: Backman fired after four days
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A year ago, Wally Backman was considered to be a strong contender to become manager of the White Sox, having been a successful skipper in the Sox&#39;s minor league system.
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Browns defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, once considered a possible successor to coach Romeo Crennel, was fired Friday after Cleveland finished the season with one of the league's worst defenses.
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After the Wally Backman fiasco, the Arizona Diamondbacks were fortunate to have a handy and willing backup choice in Bob Melvin. The low-key Melvin so coveted the managing job that he brushed aside any concern about being the team's second choice. "This is the one I really wanted," he said. "This is where I feel most at home." That home, though, is in disarray.
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The point guard thought he was great. The general manager had no comment. Dennis Rodman himself? He thinks the Denver Nuggets could really use a guy like him.
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Bob Melvin spoke to the Arizona Diamondbacks about becoming the team's manager on Monday, joining Mark Grace and Al Pedrique as candidates interviewed for the job. General manager Joe Garagiola Jr. said interviews are scheduled for three others, and he expects to talk with two more.
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The guy who paints the name plates on the Arizona Diamondbacks lockers must be getting arm cramps. After 111 losses a year ago, the Diamondbacks have undergone a near-total overhaul, and they're not finished. Expect at least six players in the opening day lineup to be new to the team.
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Arizona Diamondbacks manager Wally Backman was fired Friday just four days after he was hired following revelations he was arrested twice and struggled with financial problems.
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Fired Arizona Diamondbacks manager Wally Backman was sentenced to 10 days in jail Friday for violating his probation three years ago.
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Wally Backman is out of a job and the Arizona Diamondbacks are the laughingstocks of baseball. Other than that, itâs been a pretty normal week here in the desert.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks got some bad news Tuesday: They were unable to trade five-time Cy Young Award winner Randy Johnson, his perfect game and his 4,000 strikeouts to the New York Yankees.
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Within a 90-minute period Monday, he was fired as the manager of the Seattle Mariners and recommended for the same job with the Arizona Diamondbacks - and both by the same man, Mariners general manager Bill Bavasi.
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com. Wally Backman&#39;s managerial tenure in Arizona is over before it even officially began, and the club has turned to an old friend in Bob Melvin to take over the reins.
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KENNEWICK, Wash., (Sports Network) - Wally Backman, briefly  the manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, was sentenced to 10  days in jail Friday for violating his probation.
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PHOENIX - The Arizona Diamondbacks fired manager Wally Backman on Friday, four days after hiring him despite revelations of two arrests and financial problems in his past, the East Valley Tribune of Phoenix reported.
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And it&#39;s not often you hear a head coach asked for his response to all the &quot;vultures&quot; who have shown up to witness his possible firing.
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The Nuggets have fired head coach Jeff Bzdelik as head coach, according to the Denver Post. The newspaper says the team will hold a Tuesday press conference to announce the decision and that a replacement has not yet been named.
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After being introduced as the new manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Wally Backman, left, is handed his game jersey by Arizona general manager Joe Garagiola Jr.