bugsandcranks.com - 7/12/2007
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This week has been active in the hirings and firings around baseball. Diamondbacks hitting coach Kevin Seitzer got the axe, as did Reds bench coach Bucky Dent, while baseball great Rickey Henderson was named the new Mets hitting coach.
Seitzer, Dent, and Henderson didn’t sit down with Bugs & Cranks to discuss their new situations, but if they had, i
Rickey Henderson's Latest Comeback
allonthefield.blogspot.com 7/12/2007 — It seems baseball is an addiction that Rickey Henderson just can't shake.
Henderson's latest comeback isn't as a player, thank goodness, but as the New York Mets' hitting coach.
Now to the important question: what's the over-under that Henderson will be back on the field as a player before the end of the season? Rumor has it that Julio Franco likes his chances.
Henderson joins Mets coaching staff
newyork.mets.mlb.com 7/12/2007 — NEW YORK -- The impatience -- and relative lack of productivity -- of Mets hitters seemingly led to impatience with hitting coach Rick Down. New York has dismissed Down and added Rickey Henderson to the coaching staff, though Henderson's role has not ...
Mets part ways with Franco
newsday.com 7/12/2007 — The Mets are expected to remove Julio Franco from their roster today to make room for Lastings Milledge, Newsday has learned. An announcement will be made before today's game. It's not clear whether Franco, who turns 48 next month, will retire, or ...