Giants general manager Brian Sabean has held preliminary discussions with Lou Piniella about the team's managerial opening, Piniella said Monday, with another source saying they will continue their dialogue.
"I talked to Brian," Piniella said in Oakland as the A's and Tigers worked out ahead of tonight's American League Championship Series opener. Piniella is working at the series as a television analyst for Fox and sheepishly answered a barrage of questions about his prospects for managing in 2007.
"The Giants, they're a good ballclub. We'll see what happens," Piniella said. "I've had just a small, preliminary discussion with the Giants."
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