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San Francisco Giants, Arizona Diamondbacks, San Diego Padres Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Dipoto Now Likely To Remain With ArizonaJerry Dipoto was the runner-up to Kevin Towers for the Arizona GM job and it initially appeared as though he would leave the franchise after being passed over. Towers spent four hours with Dipoto recently and came away with highly favorable impressions, reinforcing the positives he'd heard from Diamondbacks executives and baseball people outside of the club. Towers told FanHouse on Saturday that he wants to empower Dipoto as his top baseball executive, making him Vice President of Scouting and Player Development. According to other major league sources, Dipoto is now likely to stay with the Diamondbacks. "He'd be a huge asset," Towers said. "Things went well in our talks. I told him, 'Don't rush into this,' but it's my desire that he stays. I'd like to keep him if I can. I think it's really kind of up to Jerry." Arizona Diamondbacks Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Diamondbacks Sep 2010 Archive
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Juan Uribe matched a career best with his 23rd home run and the first-place Giants increased their NL West lead over the Padres to two games with a 4-2 victory over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday night, according to an Associated Press report.
Tim Lincecum's turn in the rotation is being pushed up a day to Wednesday against the Diamondbacks, making the Giants' ace available for a one-game playoff Monday with San Diego if the NL West title comes to that, according to an ESPN.com report.