Comments on: M’s purge coaching staff

By: Bearman

Bearman — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:43:48 +0000

I can agree that McLaren as is his choice to hire his own staff of coaches etc…..and as often happens with a change at helm whereever in the MLB.

However the retaining of Pentland as hitting coach is the one that puzzles me.Of all the coaches I thought his firing would have been #1 on that list.

I agree providing his health is good and if Mac asks him Stottlemyre would be an excellent choice to be the next pitching coach for the M’s.
I’d like to see Lee Elia back with M’s coaching either the catchers or bullpen.
I think that Mac should look for a bench coach with some manager experience a good possible is recently fired Tracy as manager of the Pirates.
I feel however Mac really should reconsider retaining Thurman as 1stB coach.He seemed very comfortable there and did in my opinion a very good job at that position.
As for 3rdB coach he should serious consider a former catcher or 3rdBman for the job.

By: galaxieboi

galaxieboi — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:52:11 +0000

Was Chaves some how involved with all the M’s pitching injuries in the minors? It would seem to be an organizational/teaching issue. I know it’s been brought up several times already. I thought perhaps Brian Price shouldered (pun not intended) some of the blame, but he’s been gone for a couple years now. He did work in the minors for a long time, so is Chaves a pupil of his?

By: msb

msb — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:56:28 +0000

“The A’s have decided to not bring back bench coach Bob Schaefer, third-base coach Rene Lachemann and bullpen coach Brad Fischer next season.

“This isn’t necessarily a reflection on them,” general manager Billy Beane said. “This is more about Bob [Geren] getting the opportunity to bring in some guys of his own choosing.”

By: scott19

scott19 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:23:35 +0000

*buried

By: scott19

scott19 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:21:23 +0000

129: Thanks, Adam…I’d actually forgotten there were that many there that night, since attendance at times was kind of sporadic in those days. I remember that being the first year of “Louie Ball”, and that we were playing quite a bit better than the year before, but that we, too, were still uried in that seven-team division (as were the Rangers).

It was kind of a sad end in a way for a legend, but I’m glad you got to see a real piece of baseball history.

By: Adam S

Adam S — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:18:44 +0000

at least he went out on a slightly more positive note than that of his idol, Nolan Ryan [who went out in] an early-season road game in front of about 6k where there really wasnâ€™t.
Your memory is a bit faulty. I was at Ryan’s last game in September 1993. There were 40,000 strong in the Kingdome. But yes, the Rangers were effectively out of it (though given the current 3 division structure, they would have won the AL West that year).

By: scott19

scott19 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:59:28 +0000

127: Of course not…but unfortunately, Fox and ESPN often show such favoritism toward certain teams they like, it makes you wonder that if they had THEIR way about it, maybe 6-8 cities where they get the best ratings would have major league teams — and nobody else would.

By: qwerty

qwerty — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:33:43 +0000

I see the names of Perlozza and Lee Mazzone as possibilities. Would O’s get rid of Mazzone?

By: Tuomas

Tuomas — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:26:13 +0000

121: I know, right? Those damn Yankees and Mets win every year!

Oh wait.

By: jlc

jlc — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:02:00 +0000

I don’t know, we’re looking for pitching and Schilling’s been hurt this year. It seems like that makes him Bavasi’s target.