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Hall of Fame baseball writer Hal McCoy is in his 36th year of covering the Cincinnati Reds, the longest tenure for any active writer covering one team. Counting spring training and postseason games, McCoy has covered more than 7,000 major-league baseball games, written close to 18,000 baseball stories and eaten enough hot dogs to give Babe Ruth indigestion.Home > Blogs > The Real McCoy | Cincinnati Reds baseball news > Archives > 2008 > November > 13 > Entry
Bonifay, Squires, Quirk join Reds staff
The Cincinnati Reds are set to announce, probably late this afternoon, the addition of three top-notch front office people.
General manager Walt Jocketty confirmed this morning to The Dayton Daily News that he has hired Cam Bonifay, Mike Squires and Jamie Quirk.
They are additions and there are no substractions.
Bonifay and Squires will become special assistants to the general manager and Quirk will be a pro scout with additional duties as directed by Jocketty.
“What excites me is that we are, more and more, adding quality pelople to our staff,” said Jocketty.
Bonifay, a former general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, was hired by Jocketty in 2006 for the St. Louis Cardinals. Before that Bonifay worked fivle years for the Tampa Bay Rays, “Helping to put together that young team that played in the World Series,” said Jocketty. “He is an excellent baseball person.”
Quirk comes from the Colorado Rockies and Jocketty said, “He played for me when I was in Oakland and I’ve followed his career. He is a good baseball man. He’ll be a pro scout, but we’ll have him at spring training and we’ll also have him doing some field work.”
Squires was a long-time associate with Jocketty during his days with the Cardinals and is highly respected in the industry.
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By Jean
November 29, 2008 3:46 PM | Link to this
You missed the boat, Reds. Should have kept Krivsky…amazing how he preached patience and now Jocketty is doing it!!! What a joke.By HuberTucky
November 15, 2008 7:08 PM | Link to this
Isn’t it time for the Reds and Bengals to stop competing for the title of Cincinnati’s most pathetic pro sports franchise? I mean, really, which has been worse and more hapless longer? Yeah, they both know how to do it, alright.By Steve F
November 15, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this
Hey Bengals! This is how you do it.By Joe
November 14, 2008 6:55 AM | Link to this
How about putting bodies on the field? Walt, you’re doing a great job but come on guy, let’s get some talent on the field to match the talent you have in the offices overlooking Great American Ballpark. The fine folks who support the Reds deserve better than what has been presented the past decade.By Greg
November 14, 2008 12:07 AM | Link to this
Please name the last left-handed throwing catcher in the American League? Answer. Mike Squires.By Greg
November 14, 2008 12:07 AM | Link to this
Please name the last left-handed throwing catcher in the American League? Answer. Mike Squires.By redfuture
November 13, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this
Yes, its good they added guys w/o letting some go. But…….will some guys get ticked off and leave because their influence gets diluted? I hope not!