Darrin Beene is entering his seventh year at The News Tribune, having covered the Tacoma Rainiers in 2005 and Major League Baseball for two years before that. Beene, a former assistant sports editor at The News Tribune, also worked for the Los Angeles Daily News and Los Angeles Times. He lives in the South Sound with his wife and two children.
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Daren Brown, who managed the Seattle Mariners’ Double-A team in 2006, was named the Tacoma Rainiers manager on Monday.
Brown, 39, led the San Antonio Missions to a 60-78 record. He has managed in the Mariners system for six years and spent three years managing in an independent league. His lifetime record is 551-427.
Brown, whose teams have qualified for the postseason four times, becomes the 26th manager in Tacoma history and the fifth manager since Tacoma became the Mariners’ Triple-A affiliate in 1995. He replaces Dave Brundage, who was fired after the season after one season.
Brown began his professional career as a pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He reached the Double-A level in 1992 and 1993 before becoming a player/coach for the Amarillo Dillas in the independent Texas-Louisiana League in 1994. In addition to being the Dillas’ pitching coach from 1994-1997, Brown was named the league’s Most Valuable Pitcher three times (1995, 1997-98). He compiled a 60-24 record for the Dillas.
Brown’s father, Paul, pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1961-1963 and 1967.
