D-Backs given permission to interview two managerial candidates
Oct 3, 2014, 4:06 AM | Updated: 4:07 am
The Arizona Republic’s Nick Piecoro reports the Arizona Diamondbacks have received permission to interview Athletics bench coach Chip Hale and Dodgers third-base coach Lorenzo Bundy.
Another update via Dbacks: They've received permission to interview Chip Hale & Lorenzo Bundy, have asked Rangers to speak with Tim Bogar.
— Nick Piecoro (@nickpiecoro) October 2, 2014
NBS Sports reports the D-backs have also reached out to the Texas Rangers about interviewing Tim Bogar. Bogar finished the season as the Rangers interim manager after the resignation of Ron Washington.
Hale and Bundy join a list of confirmed managerial candidates including Sandy Alomar Jr., Jay Bell, Andy Green, Phil Nevin, Jim Tracy, Turner Ward and Joe McEwing.
Arizona fired Kirk Gibson on Sept. 26 with three games left in the season.
