05-11-2009, 06:57 PM
Here's a couple blurbs about that
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Tram to helm again?
With one big-league manager already fired this season (Bob Melvin in Arizona) and at least two or three others considered on hot seats, the managing job market could be hot all summer -- which could have an impact on the Cubs' coaching staff with bench coach Alan Trammell interested in returning to managing.
"If the right opportunity came up, I would definitely have interest," said Trammell, the former Detroit manager who called the Arizona job one of those kinds of potential opportunities. "But right now it doesn't even cross my mind. We've got our hands full here."
Trammell hasn't interviewed for a managing job since going after jobs in Tampa Bay and with the Dodgers, both before the 2006 season.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Is the hiring of A.J. Hinch to manage the Diamondbacks a waving of the white flag? That's not how it is being sold, but Don Baylor or Alan Trammell would have been better picks to deliver an instant contender. The Cubs won't stand in the way if a team wants to hire Trammell, who is Lou Piniella's bench coach, even if it is during the season.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Tram to helm again?
With one big-league manager already fired this season (Bob Melvin in Arizona) and at least two or three others considered on hot seats, the managing job market could be hot all summer -- which could have an impact on the Cubs' coaching staff with bench coach Alan Trammell interested in returning to managing.
"If the right opportunity came up, I would definitely have interest," said Trammell, the former Detroit manager who called the Arizona job one of those kinds of potential opportunities. "But right now it doesn't even cross my mind. We've got our hands full here."
Trammell hasn't interviewed for a managing job since going after jobs in Tampa Bay and with the Dodgers, both before the 2006 season.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Is the hiring of A.J. Hinch to manage the Diamondbacks a waving of the white flag? That's not how it is being sold, but Don Baylor or Alan Trammell would have been better picks to deliver an instant contender. The Cubs won't stand in the way if a team wants to hire Trammell, who is Lou Piniella's bench coach, even if it is during the season.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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