Don Buford, a bench coach with the Orioles, Monday was namedBaltimore's minor league director of field operations andinstruction.
Buford, 51, replaces Lance Nichols, who left the organizationearlier this month to become director of player development for thePhiladelphia Phillies.
Buford, who played for the White Sox and Orioles, was first basecoach for San Francisco from 1981 through 1984 when the Giants weremanaged by current Orioles manager Frank Robinson. Gary Gaetti, one of the leaders of the Minnesota Twins' drive totheir first World Series title last year, may miss the rest of thisseason after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery.
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