southsider2k5 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Susan Slusser Verified account @susanslusser I'm hearing that Athletics minor league hitting coordinator Greg Sparks will be the #WhiteSox asst. hitting coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) Yay, Moneyball and OPS. We finally won in a transaction involving Oakland. Maybe... http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Greg_Sparks Six years of minor league managerial experience...pretty much a lifer in the minors. The anti-Ventura, so to speak. Looks like the whole time with A's. Four years as minor league hitting coordinator. Minor league coach again most recently in Sacramento. Edited October 29, 2015 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) Actually switched jobs with Todd Steverson a few years ago. http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_19308594 He actually went back to the role Steverson had this year. They did say they were instituting an organizational approach. It obviously is going to take time, and the correct players. Edited October 29, 2015 by Dick Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) The A's Way or the Highway... The funny thing is that instituting this philosophy is a lot easier when it's in your drafting/talent eval phase and everything is well integrated. You can't turn a bunch of free swinging, low contact players into the A's or the Royals for that matter unless you draft and sign players with those tendencies. We hear over and over again they pretty much are what they are at the MLB level...guess we will find out. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, as they say. Edited October 29, 2015 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 yah another A's coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2nd_city_saint787 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Well, the majority of the fan base likes Steverson for whatever reason, sooooo..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Time to drag Ken Macha out of retirement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 WHO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 10:55 AM) WHO? How many assistant hitting coaches from abound baseball can you name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 Anyways, about Sparks. http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Greg_Sparks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 10:12 AM) Anyways, about Sparks. http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Greg_Sparks Yay, Moneyball and OPS. We finally won in a transaction involving Oakland. Maybe... http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Greg_Sparks Six years of minor league managerial experience...pretty much a lifer in the minors. The anti-Ventura, so to speak. Looks like the whole time with A's. Four years as minor league hitting coordinator. Minor league coach again most recently in Sacramento. This post has been edited by caulfield12: Today, 09:26 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elrockinMT Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 04:44 PM) Time to drag Ken Macha out of retirement? I want Walt Hriniak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 QUOTE (scs787 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 10:43 AM) Well, the majority of the fan base likes Steverson for whatever reason, sooooo..... Only because he's a non insider. As have hoodwinked Hahn and Williams for over a decade so see if this is any different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 12:25 PM) I want Walt Hriniak He's 72. I'm assuming that he's retired from MLB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 11:25 AM) I want Walt Hriniak he is somewhere being crabby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblastick Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 10:30 AM) he is somewhere being crabby I'm pretty sure he's dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 QUOTE (jblastick @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 11:38 AM) I'm pretty sure he's dead Well cross him off of the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 11:42 AM) Well cross him off of the list. lol QUOTE (jblastick @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 11:38 AM) I'm pretty sure he's dead im pretty sure he is not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasttriptotulsa Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 10:55 AM) WHO? Did you not believe any of these people who already said who he was. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 10:16 AM) Athletics minor league hitting coordinator Greg Sparks. QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 10:23 AM) Six years of minor league managerial experience. Looks like the whole time with A's. Four years as minor league hitting coordinator. Minor league coach again most recently in Sacramento. QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 10:28 AM) Actually switched jobs with Todd Steverson a few years ago. He actually went back to the role Steverson had this year. Edited October 29, 2015 by lasttriptotulsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 12:12 PM) Did you not believe any of these people who already said who he was. Last time he trusted the internet, he was told she was a 18 year old french model. It didnt end well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminor3rd Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Yay a new scapegoat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjm676 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) FIRE SPARKS! just practicing for the regular season.... Edited October 29, 2015 by bjm676 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarComing25 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 12:32 PM) Yay a new scapegoat Does anyone really know the assistant hitting coaches well enough to complain about them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasttriptotulsa Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 01:07 PM) Does anyone really know the assistant hitting coaches well enough to complain about them? Other than on field decisions made by the manager and the third base coach, do we really know any of the coaches well enough to complain about them? We don't know what goes on behind closed doors or in practices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2nd_city_saint787 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 01:07 PM) Does anyone really know the assistant hitting coaches well enough to complain about them? Soxtalk doesn't even complain about the actual hitting coach. Which still befuddles me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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