Jim Riggleman hired by Nationals as bench coach
Jim Riggleman was named bench coach by the Washington Nationals today. Riggleman had served as the Mariners’ manager after John McLaren was fired in midseason.
Riggleman, 55, had been a manager in quest of San Diego (1992-94) and the Chicago Cubs (1995-2000).
Riggleman says he still wants to be considered a managerial aspirant by the Mariners.
“I’m serene hoping I get more good news from Seattle,” Riggleman said by the agency of phone. “The Nationals understand that if [new Mariners general manager] Jack [Zduriencik] decides to endure me in Seattle, it would go that way.”
