51�Թ�

In 2009, he was the minor league director of the Arizona Diamondbacks when general manager Josh Byrnes asked him to manage the team.

What Byrnes saw and many others in baseball did not: The traditional wall between the front office and the coaching staff was crumbling.

The Diamondbacks did not, and Hinch did not manage even one full season before he and Byrnes were fired.

“It’s a giant concrete toilet bowl,” said baseball analyst Eric Byrnes, who played six seasons for the A’s.

The Byrnes said they had their fingerprints taken and passports confiscated.