One likes NASCAR; one likes contemporary art. What a crazy pair!
March 10, 2008
In Tom Haudricourt’s love letter to Ted Simmons today, the new bench coach comes off as quite the genius.
I admit, he sounds intriguing and quite the opposite of Ned Yost, but there’s little included about game management or actual baseball strategy. From what I can glean, he’s wise because he has experienced non-baseball culture. He’s not all tobacco and adultery and According To Jim reruns, so he’s like some sort of sage when he reenters the sport.
Then there’s this bit:
Ready to become more involved in the game by 1999, he accepted a job as San Diego’s vice president of baseball operations before eventually settling into a scouting role with the Padres.
And after accepting that scouting role, he settled into a job mopping tunnels at Qualcomm. Is this a successful career path? Sounds like a demotion unexplained.
Still, despite what all parties may be saying, this is a threat to Yost. Seems like the organization feels it has a capable backup for whenever they need it.
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