CINCINNATI - Ron Oester, a career Cincinnati Red who was passedover for manager in 2000 when Bob Boone was hired, is returning asthe minor league field coordinator.
Oester grew up in Cincinnati and spent his entire 17-year careerwith the Reds, playing second base in the Majors from 1978 to 1990.
He helped the Reds win the 1990 World Series as they swept theOakland Athletics.
He was the first base coach for manager Tony Perez in 1993 andlater served four years as a coach for Ray Knight and then JackMcKeon, who was fired after the 2000 season.
the day after the 2000 season ended.
After the Reds interviewed Willie Randolph, then a New YorkYankees coach, Oester said then-Reds general manager Jim Bowdenoffered Oester the job as manager. Oester said that when he expressedinterest in being manager but asked the team to increase its salaryoffer, the Reds hired Boone as manager.
The Reds fired Boone and Bowden in July 2003 as the team fell outof contention.
Oester stayed with the Reds through 2001 as third base coach. Heworked the last two seasons in the minor league system of thePhiladelphia Phillies.
AP-ES-12-31-03 0940EST
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