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Mariners' Stottlemyre, Elia won't return (AP)

 
Longtime major league coaches Mel Stottlemyre and Lee Elia will not return to the remodeling Seattle Mariners in 2009, leaving an almost entirely new staff for first-time manager Don Wakamatsu. The 67-year-old Stottlemyre spent one season as pitching coach with his hometown team. A five-time All-Star during his big league career, he was a World Series winner as pitching coach with the New York... (link)

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