Daren Brown was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma, but at this point he might as well be a Tacoman.
He has won more games managing at Triple-A Tacoma than anyone in club history. He managed the Rainiers to their last Pacific Coast League title in 2010, one year after winning it in 2009. He was even the Seattle Mariners’ interim manager for a couple months after they fired Don Wakamatsu.
Brown, 51, is as familiar with the Rainiers as anybody, and on Monday the Mariners announced he’ll be returning to Tacoma to manage the Triple-A club yet again after he spent the previous three years managing at Double-A Arkansas.