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From the Seattle Mariners to the Liberal BeeJays “Sharon and I talked about giving back to people and places that have been influential in helping us do what we’ve been able to do in our lives,” Hargrove said. “Some people give back monetary contributions, others give their time. We wanted to give back to people who have been good to us.
“This is a good situation and a good place to play. The town of Liberal does a good job taking care of kids. We’ve had decent crowds every night.” “The crowds are up two or three times what we normally have,” Carlile said, “and the publicity has been tremendous.” Hargrove resigned as the Mariners’ manager just over a year ago, saying he had lost his passion. “I misspoke when I said that,” he said. “I hadn’t lost passion for the game. If anything, I had lost a little bit of an edge that I always had. “I asked my players every day to give me everything they had mentally and physically, and without fail they did that. And without fail, I gave that back to them. The last three weeks or month before I decided (to resign), I was having to work at getting there. It never was that I didn’t get to that point, but I’d never had to work at it, and I didn’t like that. “A manager makes 150 decisions a night, and not all of them are right ones or work out. If we had missed the playoffs by a half-game or game, I didn’t want to look back and see games we had lost because I was not ready with a decision or stayed on top of my game or was caught daydreaming. I didn’t want to damage the team’s chance to get in the playoffs and be successful. Many people in the organization worked hard — myself included — and to be honest with the people I worked with, the people I worked for and with myself, (resigning) was the right thing to do.” Hargrove, who turns 59 on Oct. 26, would like to return to the majors. “At some point I would like to manage one more time,” he said. “I don’t know if the opportunity will present itself, but I would like another shot at it. I’ve done it for 16 years, a lot longer than many get to do. I feel like I have a pretty good reputation in the game. “If it happens, fine, and if it doesn’t, that’s OK, too. It would have to be the right situation, the right job for me to get back in it.” 
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