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In this Sept. 24, 2014, file photo, Arizona Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson watches from the dugout during a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis. The Diamondbacks fired Gibson on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014.
Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 | 2:16 p.m.
PHOENIX — The Diamondbacks have fired manager Kirk Gibson three years after he won the NL's manager of the year award for leading Arizona to the playoffs.
The Diamondbacks are assured of at least a tie for the worst record in the majors this season, having lost 96 games entering the final series of the year.
The move came as the Diamondbacks front office restructures under chief baseball officer Tony La Russa following a third disappointing season in a row. Arizona went 81-81 in 2013 and 2012. Former major league pitcher Dave Stewart was hired Thursday as the team's new general manager.
Bench coach Alan Trammell was also let go on Friday.
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