Bud Black managed 9 seasons with the Padres before heading to the Rockies, but San Diego came calling and he is back with the Padres organization. He joined Gwynn & Chris to talk about what he is going to be doing with the team, why he wanted to come back, and future conversations with Ruben Niebla.
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