Dave Magadan was fired as hitting coach of the Padres in June 2006.
Sixteen months later, he was hitting coach for the Boston Red Sox when they won the World Series.
Merv Rettenmund replaced Magadan and was fired in July 2007.
He was long considered among the best hitting coaches in Major League Baseball.
Wally Joyner has just resigned as hitting coach of the Padres.
Does anybody see a pattern here?
Maybe, just maybe, it isn’t the hitting coach. Gee, do you think that maybe the problem is the hitters … not the hitting coach … for the Padres?
Give somebody chicken salad and that’s what your final product will be. But give them chicken manure … and guess what that smells like?
How about the Padres hitting …
Certainly, Petco Park has been a hindrance to Padre hitters the last five years. But other teams play in expansive parks, and they don’t go through hitting coaches on an annual basis.
Rather than continue the merry-go-round on hitting coaches, isn’t it about time that the higher ups in the front office be held accountable?
2 comments:
It sure seems as if the Padres could use a hitting coach, or how about some hitters? The Padres offense once called pop gun by a good friend of mine needs some hitters to go with Adrian Gonzalez. If he had some help maybe there would be no need for getting rid of hitting coaches who go on to win the World Series with other teams.
what about the pitching coach? his guys are really terrible!!
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