January 5, 200818 yr Sox hired Ernie Young to be the batting coach in Great Falls. Young is a career minor leaguer who I think holds some minor league records and has been in the Sox system for a while now. He retired at the end of this past season as a player. Joe McEwing played for the Mets & Cardinals and will be the Charlotte Knights hitting coach.
January 5, 200818 yr QUOTE(Felix @ Jan 5, 2008 -> 04:15 PM) I've always been a fan of Joe McEwing for some odd reason. probably cause he could just play anywhere and usually could hit there too
January 5, 200818 yr Besides Oakland, Ernie played a few games for Cleveland, Kansas City, Detroit and I believe Arizona. I'm not sure what minor league records he holds, but I remember hearing something about over 300 Homeruns. Now that he has retired, maybe BA can be the Knights DH
January 9, 200818 yr Young's minor league stats: Young GMS AtBats Runs Hits 2B's 3B's HR's RBIs SB's BB's SO's AVG OBP SLG OPS 17 yrs. 1712 5999 1067 1673 300 29 327 1151 119 837 1584 .279 .371 .502 .873
February 7, 200818 yr QUOTE(Hawkfan @ Jan 31, 2008 -> 12:46 PM) Joe McEwing = Craig Biggio x 3.4 And Barry Bonds when he faces Randy Johnson
February 7, 200818 yr Man, Young must have had a pretty steady job in the off-season to play in the minor leagues. I wonder how big his family is, that's got to be pretty rough as a career.
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