SAN FRANCISCO -- A few hours after the Giants parted ways with Bob Melvin , the Texas Rangers announced that Bruce Bochy would not be back as their manager.

The connection was easy to make, but there will be no reunion, Buster Posey said Wednesday. At least not when it comes to this search for a new manager

Posey said he spoke with Bochy earlier this week and let him know that he's looking in a different direction.

"The door is always open here for some sort of role, but the way I think things are coming into picture in my mind with where we want to go next, I don't see us going that route with Boch," Posey said. "Obviously, (I have) a tremendous amount of respect (for him).

"It's interesting, when I was a player, I didn't consider Boch necessarily a friend. I don't think that's a

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