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Mariners notebook: Lloyd McClendon, Nelson Cruz on Jack Zduriencik's firing

CHICAGO – By all appearances, the news that Jack Zduriencik had been fired hit Lloyd McClendon hard.

"It hasn't been a good day for a lot of different reasons, but obviously Jack was very dedicated to this organization," McClendon said sitting in the dugout at US Cellular Field. "It's always tough when you lose a family member and we consider Jack a family member. He worked extremely hard with myself, the coaching staff as well as the players. It's just been one of those years where a lot of things did not turn out the way we thought they would.