Tom Browning This is Me

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1. 1. Sports: The Cincinnati Post

   www.cincypost.com/2003/05/23/f - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/23/2003   Last Visited: 5/23/2003

   Tom Browning
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   Instead, former Reds pitcher Tom Browning will be running the club in place of his former teammate, who surprisingly resigned last Saturday.
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   Browning was officially named the team's manager and director of baseball operations Thursday at a press conference at Foundation Field in Hamilton, the Freedom's temporary home while their permanent stadium in Florence is being completed. Browning did not attend the press conference -- with the blessing of Freedom CEO Chuck Hildebrant -- because of a conflict with a high school game his son was playing in.
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   Browning is the one that stepped up and was willing to do it 110 percent."
   
   The three assistant coaches already on the staff -- pitching coach Chris Hook, first base coach Jeremy Ison and third base coach Eric Minshall -- will remain with Browning.
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   Browning was in Chicago playing in a golf tournament when he got Hildebrant's call. He was able to return to Cincinnati in time for a team scrimmage Wednesday night. Browning has been a fixture on the local amateur golf circuit since his baseball playing days ended following the 1995 season, but this summer he'll be in the dugout instead of the fairways.
   
   "Once we heard that Browning was here, well I'm a pitcher so that's a better deal for me," said Zettler.
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   I'm not saying the other teams in the league don't have that credibility or can't pick up the phone and have a kid looked at, but when Tom Browning calls up and says 'I've got a pitcher throwing 94 (mph),' somebody's probably going to listen to him."