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Slumping A’s fire Geren – Following harsh personal criticisms in and out of his clubhouse and a hideous start to his fifth season as A’s manager, Bob Geren was fired Thursday and replaced by Bob Melvin. General manager Billy Beane said the team'… (This story continues here)

Oakland A’s fire Geren and appoint Melvin – * Geren fired as coach after A’s lose nine in a row (This story continues here)

Why Was Bob Geren Fired? Pitching Injuries To Blame? – Since the Oakland A’s announced the firing of Bob Geren Thursday morning, there has been plenty of commentary about the decision. Over at our A’s blog, Athletics Nation, founder Tyler Bleszinski offered up his own beliefs as to why Geren became the first manager Billy Beane has fired during a season . Simply put, the manager’s biggest impact is on the handling of a pitching staff, and the … (This story continues here)

Bob Geren Fired: Is It Unusual For A Manager To Be Axed This Early? – The Oakland Athletics fired manager Bob Geren today after just 63 games of the 2011 season with a 27-36 record. Plenty of managers have had records like that and survived to finish the season, or even multiple seasons beyond a poor start. Geren, though, hadn’t done well in his four-plus seasons in Oakland — his best year being a .500 finish — so the A’s likely figured, pull the plug now rather … (This story continues here)

Bob Geren Fired by A’s, Highlighting Stability in Red Sox' Organization – It’s June, it’s beginning to get hot (triple digits recorded on some thermostats in New York City on Thursday) and with the uptick in intensity, teams are beginning to show their frustrations. In a span of roughly 24 hours, two teams — Texas and Florida — fired their hitting coaches, and Oakland dismissed manager Bob Geren, whose A’s were a trendy pick to rise up in the American League West … (This story continues here)

Oakland Athletics fire manager Bob Geren – With his banged-up team mired in a nine-game losing streak and rampant speculation about the tenuous status of manager Bob Geren, general manager Billy Beane felt he had no other choice than to make a change at skipper. The A’s fired a manager during the season for the first time in a quarter century on Thursday, letting Geren go after four-plus seasons and bringing in former Arizona and… (This story continues here)

Amid nine-game slide, A’s fire manager Geren – Following harsh personal criticisms in and out of his clubhouse and a hideous start to his fifth season as A’s manager, Bob Geren was fired Thursday and replaced by Bob Melvin. General manager Billy Beane said the team'… (This story continues here)

Baseball-Oakland A’s fire Geren and appoint Melvin – * Geren fired as coach after A’s lose nine in a row (This story continues here)

Bob Geren Fired By Oakland Athletics (VIDEO) – OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland Athletics fired manager Bob Geren on Thursday in the midst of a nine-game losing streak that has sent them tumbling to the bottom of the AL West standings. (This story continues here)

Bob Geren Fired By Oakland A’s, Replaced By Bob Melvin – A couple of weeks ago, in the wake of dissension in Bob Geren’s ranks , I wrote : Prediction: If the A’s are still below .500 on June 15, Geren is gone. Sometimes players make their managers look smart, and sometimes managers make their chroniclers look smart. So thank you, Bob Geren. It’s not quite the 15th of June, but that’s irrelevant because the A’s have fallen to 27-36; the best they could … (This story continues here)

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