Grady Fuson

[2] Fuson played professional baseball for the Salem Senators, an independent team.

[2] Before the 1982 season, the Oakland Athletics hired Fuson as an area scout for the Pacific Northwest and to coach for the Idaho Falls A's.

[6] Despite the agreement, the Rangers chose to retain Hart as their general manager for 2005, and dismissed Fuson.

[5][7] In 2005, the Padres hired Fuson as a special assistant to the general manager, Kevin Towers.

The Padres fired Fuson after the 2009 season, when they hired Jed Hoyer as their general manager.