Giants Talking To Riggleman About Scouting Job
SAN DIEGO (CBS / AP) -- The San Francisco Giants are talking to former Washington Nationals manager Jim Riggleman about a scouting job.
Riggleman was in San Diego to meet with Giants general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy after Thursday night's series opener against the San Diego Padres.
Riggleman abruptly resigned as Nationals manager on June 23, telling the team he wanted his contract option picked up for next season, or he would quit.
Bochy was Riggleman's third base coach with the Padres in 1993-94 and was promoted to manager after Riggleman left to take the Chicago Cubs' job.
"They've been kind enough to talk to me about doing some part-time stuff and see where that leads," Riggleman said. "Boch called me when all this happened and said that he had been talking to Brian, and to just lay back for a little while and see if we could figure out a time to talk."
Both sides stressed that Riggleman wasn't officially on board yet.
"I look forward to sitting down with Riggs and Brian and talking," Bochy said. "It could be doing some scouting, it could be looking at our minor leagues, basically some consulting, too. We'll find out tonight after we sit down and see what makes sense."
Riggleman said he doesn't regret the way he left the Nationals.
"I'm a little out of sorts about the whole thing," he said.
"I made my bed, I'll sleep in it. It would take me a long time to go into all the details, but basically I felt it was the right thing to do and I'll have to stick by that."
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