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Struggling Mariners fire Pentland as hitting coach

 

Published 6/9/2008 at FOXSports.com News for MLB

The slumping Seattle Mariners fired hitting coach Jeff Pentland on Monday and replaced him with special assistant Lee Elia. Mariners general manager Bill Bavasi said he hoped a "different voice" would help the team. The 70-year-old Elia was Seattle's batting coach from 1993-97, and is well known for a tirade he once unleashed as manager of the Chicago Cubs. Seattle made the move less than a week after team president Chuck Armstrong ripped into the coaching staff. (link)

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