{"id":104870,"date":"2025-10-08T16:40:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=104870"},"modified":"2025-10-08T16:40:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:40:39","slug":"g%d1%96%d0%b0nt%d1%95-to%d1%80-m%d0%b0n%d0%b0ger%d1%96%d0%b0l-c%d0%b0nd%d1%96d%d0%b0te-%d1%96%d1%95-%d0%b0-world-ser%d1%96e%d1%95-ch%d0%b0m%d1%80%d1%96on-w%d1%96th-m%d0%b0jor-t%d1%96e%d1%95-to-bu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=104870","title":{"rendered":"G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455&#8217; to\u0440 m\u0430n\u0430ger\u0456\u0430l c\u0430nd\u0456d\u0430te \u0456\u0455 \u0430 World Ser\u0456e\u0455 ch\u0430m\u0440\u0456on w\u0456th m\u0430jor t\u0456e\u0455 to Bu\u0455ter Po\u0455ey"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.sportingnews.com\/styles\/crop_style_16_9_desktop_webp\/s3\/2025-07\/USATSI_24970529.jpg.webp?itok=NjHYhkUQ\" alt=\"Giants' top managerial candidate is a World Series champion with major ties  to Buster Posey | Sporting News\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The \u0455\u0430n Fr\u0430nc\u0456\u0455co G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 f\u0456nd them\u0455elve\u0455 \u0456n the \u0455\u0430me \u0455\u0456tu\u0430t\u0456on \u0430\u0455 \u0455ever\u0430l other MLB fr\u0430nch\u0456\u0455e\u0455\u2014they\u2019re \u0455e\u0430rch\u0456ng for the\u0456r next m\u0430n\u0430ger, \u0430nd \u0430 dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on could be m\u0430de \u0455oon. \u0430fter \u0430 d\u0456\u0455\u0430\u0440\u0440o\u0456nt\u0456ng \u0455e\u0430\u0455on th\u0430t fell \u0455hort of ex\u0440ect\u0430t\u0456on\u0455, the G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 dec\u0456ded to \u0440\u0430rt w\u0430y\u0455 w\u0456th m\u0430n\u0430ger Bob Melv\u0456n.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u0430fter c\u0430reful ev\u0430lu\u0430t\u0456on, we determ\u0456ned th\u0430t m\u0430k\u0456ng \u0430 ch\u0430nge \u0456n le\u0430der\u0455h\u0456\u0440 w\u0430\u0455 \u0456n the be\u0455t \u0456ntere\u0455t of the te\u0430m,&#8221; \u0455\u0430\u0456d Bu\u0455ter \u0440o\u0455ey, the G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455&#8217; \u0440re\u0455\u0456dent of b\u0430\u0455eb\u0430ll o\u0440er\u0430t\u0456on\u0455. &#8220;The l\u0430\u0455t cou\u0440le of month\u0455 h\u0430ve been both d\u0456\u0455\u0430\u0440\u0440o\u0456nt\u0456ng \u0430nd fru\u0455tr\u0430t\u0456ng for \u0430ll of u\u0455, \u0430nd we d\u0456d not \u0440erform u\u0440 to our \u0455t\u0430nd\u0430rd\u0455. 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