Former GM Joe Garagiola Jr. re-joins Diamondbacks as special advisor
Dec 19, 2018, 11:22 AM | Updated: 11:53 am
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The Arizona Diamondbacks announced Wednesday they have hired their former senior vice president and general manager Joe Garagiola Jr. as a special advisor to current president and CEO Derrick Hall.
Garagiola Jr. leaves his post as senior VP of standards and on-field operations with Major League Baseball. He left the D-backs to join MLB as VP of baseball ops in 2005 and has served for the league office the past 13 years.
“Joe’s contributions to the D-backs and Major League Baseball over the years have been invaluable and we are very excited to welcome him back to the family,” said Hall in a statement. “While he will always be remembered as one of the architects of the 2001 World Championship team, his most recent roles at MLB make him a perfect fit to help our organization on the business side in a number of special projects.”
Arizona’s first GM from 1998-2005, Garagiola Jr. helped the franchise to division titles in 1999, 2001 and 2002.
He is the son of Joe Garagiola Sr., a former MLB player who spent 15 years leading D-backs broadcasts.
Garagiola Jr. has served as chairman of the Phoenix Metropolitan Sports Foundation and Arizona Baseball Commission.
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