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The Oakland Athletics and manager Bob Geren agreed Tuesday on a one-year contract extension, with a club option for 2011.
Geren is 151-172 in two years running the A’s after being promoted from bench coach in November 2006 by general manager and close friend Billy Beane. Oakland finished third in the AL West last season at 75-86.
“This was something we were planning on doing at the end of the season anyway,” Beane said. “This was not something Bob was running around asking us about. It wasn’t an issue for us and we didn’t want it to become an issue for anyone else either. It really wasn’t a hard decision or one we wrestled over.”