Jim Riggleman Takes The One Job He Didn't Want

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There are 30 Major League manager's jobs and Jim Riggleman coveted 29 of them, yet when Bryan Price was fired last week, he took the job.

"I've been talking and texting Bryan since he left," Riggleman said.  "There are 29 jobs in baseball that I wanted.  This is the one I didn't want."

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Riggleman was named the Reds' bench coach after the 2014 season.  He and former Reds' GM Walt Jocketty had ties to the St. Louis Cardinals.  Riggleman put in 18 years in the Cardinal organization.  Riggleman took the place of Jay Bell.

The 65-year old Riggleman managed the San Diego Padres from September 1992 thru 1994.  He took over the Chicago Cubs in 1995  He led the Cubs to the playoffs in 1998 with a 90-win season.  He left the Cubs after the 1999 season.  He resurfaced as the Seattle Mariners manager on an interim basis in June 2008.  He was an interim manager of the Washington Nationals in July 2009.  He was named permanent manager for 2010 but left in the middle of 2011 in a contract dispute.

He has a record of 662-824 as a manager with three winning seasons.

Riggleman, who never made the Major Leagues as an infielder/outfielder, was Price's bench coach for three full seasons.

"i love the guy," Riggleman said.  "Bryan is a good man.  He knows the business though."