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The Great Skipper Race

The race is on -- Giants vs. A's. Which team will hire a new manager first? Today's proposed candidates:

GIANTS

Ralph Barbieri

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The A's never got around to interviewing ESPN analyst Orel Hershiser and Colorado bench coach Jamie Quirk last year for their manager vacancy because they rehired Ken Macha.

This year is different.

Hershiser and Quirk, A's coaches Ron Washington and Bob Geren, plus Angels pitching coach Bud Black, will be interviewed by the A's in the next two to three weeks.

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The A's continue to add to their list of managerial candidates; on Wednesday, they asked for and received permission to interview Colorado bench coach Jamie Quirk.

Quirk, who will meet with A's general manager Billy Beane in Phoenix next week, was scheduled to interview last fall when Oakland held an abbreviated manager search, but he did not get a chance to talk to the team because Ken Macha returned to his former position as the A's manager.

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