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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 |
Don Mattingly Steps Down As Hitting Coach
Via Jon and ITD, Don Mattingly is stepping down as the Dodgers' hitting coach to become a special assignment coach; the new hitting coach will be Don Easler:
Easler, 57, was the St. Louis Cardinals’ hitting coach from 1999-2001 and served in the same capacity for the Brewers (1992) and Red Sox (1993-94). He spent the last two seasons as a hitting coach in the Dodgers’ minor league system, first with Double-A Jacksonville in 2006 before being promoted to Triple-A Las Vegas prior to last season. In that role, he worked extensively with Matt Kemp, James Loney, Andy LaRoche, Tony Abreu, Delwyn Young and Chin-lung Hu, among other Dodger prospects.
Labels: coaches, dodgers, slow news day
Comments:
Yeah, as reported by Tony Jackson, Easler used to be the Cardinal hitting coach during their playoff runs in the early 2000s. From what I remember, they were having some issues with him earlier in the season, some of which concerning his performance as instructor. When he missed the road trip, that was the final straw. Not sure if this means anything for the Dodgers although he seemed to do well his first two years. The Cardinals were mainly composed of veterans at that point, so we shall see how he does with the kids. He's more active than Murray was, recites scripture at the batting cage.
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