Oct 14, 2007 3:18 PM EST

As soon as the news broke that the Giants fired hitting coach Joe Lefebvre, fan sites started buzzing with potential replacements. One name that kept popping up was Will Clark, who had the sweetest swing around during his major-league career, including eight seasons in San Francisco.

Clark is attending the National League Championship Series, and when told there was a campaign to draft him as hitting coach he tilted his head back, laughed and said, "I was not aware of that."

For the record, Clark, 43, has not been contacted about the job and is not sure he would be interested. He works for the Diamondbacks as a special assistant to chief executive officer Jeff Moorad, who used to be Clark's agent. Since retiring in 2000, Clark has rejected all full-time coaching entreaties because he did not want to spend months away from his home in New Orleans.

Via San Francisco Chronicle