October 29, 201510 yr QUOTE (scs787 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 01:54 PM) Soxtalk doesn't even complain about the actual hitting coach. Which still befuddles me. Wait, are you serious? Do you remember Greg Walker?
October 29, 201510 yr QUOTE (scs787 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 01:54 PM) Soxtalk doesn't even complain about the actual hitting coach. Which still befuddles me. what soxtalk have you been reading
October 29, 201510 yr QUOTE (scs787 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 02:06 PM) I mean Steverson specifically. What's there to complain about? '14 we started off really hot. Last year really cold. We don't even have a good group of hitters to begin with. I'm done b****ing about a hitting coach until we get some actual hitters in this lineup.
October 29, 201510 yr QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 08:11 PM) What's there to complain about? '14 we started off really hot. Last year really cold. We don't even have a good group of hitters to begin with. I'm done b****ing about a hitting coach until we get some actual hitters in this lineup. i'll second this.
October 29, 201510 yr Author http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...1029-story.html Coaching search: Sox general manager Rick Hahn has spent the month of October working to fill the Sox’s two coaching openings. The Sox are looking to replace bench coach Mark Parent, whose contract was not renewed, and assistant hitting coach Harold Baines, who stepped down to take more of an ambassador role with the club. They hope in the coming weeks to complete the hiring process, which may have been slowed because some candidates were also in contention for managerial openings. The Sox did not have any coaching announcements planned for Thursday, but Susan Slusser, the Athletics beat writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, suggested on Twitter that A’s minor-league hitting coordinator Greg Sparks could be in line for the Sox’s assistant hitting coach job. Current hitting coach Todd Steverson joined the Sox from the A’s before the 2014 season, and Sparks is a longtime minor-league instructor in the A’s system.
October 29, 201510 yr Pretty funny when your own beat writers know a lot less than another team's...typical of the Hahn style, though.
October 30, 201510 yr Hopefully he'll provide some Sparks to our failing offense Edited October 30, 201510 yr by glangon
October 30, 201510 yr QUOTE (glangon @ Oct 30, 2015 -> 04:52 AM) Hopefully he'll provide some Sparks to our failing offense Get out.
October 30, 201510 yr Want to know about Sparks? Turns out in addition to his Oakland commonality with Steverson, he's also got a deep history with the White Sox. Detailed here.
October 30, 201510 yr QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 30, 2015 -> 08:38 AM) Want to know about Sparks? Turns out in addition to his Oakland commonality with Steverson, he's also got a deep history with the White Sox. Detailed here. Wow, of course, JR again only hiring guys with ties to the organization...
October 30, 201510 yr Greg Sparks is a great guy, with great insight and results. As he is reunited with old pal Todd Steverson, it brings to mind a balancing of the universe (Yin and Yang); blending of opposite strengths; Steverson’s gregarious and Sparks’ lower-keyed personalities. Sure to be a winning combination for the Chicago White Sox Major League team. Between that and working with Chris Carter, we're absolutely set for a new generation of hitters. Or not. Kim Contreras must be related to Nardi or Jose with the Merkin/Rongey editorializing at the end. Results>great guy.
October 30, 201510 yr Hahn appears to be trying to bring in outside people. In a moment of optimism, I feel there are sharks surrounding Buddy Bell (metaphorically OF COURSE).
October 30, 201510 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 30, 2015 -> 09:45 AM) Hahn appears to be trying to bring in outside people. In a moment of optimism, I feel there are sharks surrounding Buddy Bell (metaphorically OF COURSE). Buddy Bell was once an outsider.
October 30, 201510 yr QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 12:28 PM) Last time he trusted the internet, he was told she was a 18 year old french model. It didnt end well
October 30, 201510 yr QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 30, 2015 -> 09:53 AM) Buddy Bell was once an outsider. So was Nixon. Great point Dick.
October 30, 201510 yr Moneyball 2: Exploiting the niche of hiring unwanted former A's coaches and accumulating a stockpile of them to make up for the Chad Bradford, Swisher, Durham/fireballin' Adkins and Keith Foulke deals. (Two of those moves eventually contributed to 2005, at least....in the form of Garcia and Cotts). Edited October 30, 201510 yr by caulfield12
October 30, 201510 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 30, 2015 -> 09:21 AM) Greg Sparks is a great guy, with great insight and results. As he is reunited with old pal Todd Steverson, it brings to mind a balancing of the universe (Yin and Yang); blending of opposite strengths; Steverson’s gregarious and Sparks’ lower-keyed personalities. Sure to be a winning combination for the Chicago White Sox Major League team. Between that and working with Chris Carter, we're absolutely set for a new generation of hitters. Or not. Kim Contreras must be related to Nardi or Jose with the Merkin/Rongey editorializing at the end. Results>great guy. Kim actually knows both Greg and "Trick" Steverson. She's been a writer around the A's for over a decade. She takes the human angle more so than the scouting angle most of our writers take, but I like having that as part of what we do. It is important.
October 30, 201510 yr QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 30, 2015 -> 09:35 AM) Kim actually knows both Greg and "Trick" Steverson. She's been a writer around the A's for over a decade. She takes the human angle more so than the scouting angle most of our writers take, but I like having that as part of what we do. It is important. Well, I'm sure he would have an interesting take on Semien, Phegley (and Ravelo) and what they did over there to squeeze more productivity out of them. Was he released from his contract or it simply wasn't renewed? That was quite a long time with one organization.
November 3, 201510 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 10:22 AM) 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 We Needed a Latin Hitting Coach - Maybe it is time to get RID of the General Manager. We need Baseball People to run this Organization not College Graduations who are great BSers
November 3, 201510 yr QUOTE (scs787 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 04:43 PM) Well, the majority of the fan base likes Steverson for whatever reason, sooooo..... Yeah, it's all cliche in baseball. Nobody knows much about Steverson since he's not a former big league player thus they like him. In reality had our hitting coach been Walker they'd have run him out of town after last year.
November 3, 201510 yr QUOTE (Jim Busby @ Nov 3, 2015 -> 02:33 PM) We Needed a Latin Hitting Coach - Maybe it is time to get RID of the General Manager. We need Baseball People to run this Organization not College Graduations who are great BSers Based on the capitalization, that's a very long title for a research paper.
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