Down Goes Rick! Down Goes Rick! (Here Comes Rickey!)
Faith and Fear in Flushing —
Of course Rick Down had to go. Dude got a whole lot dumber once Moises Alou got hurt. ...
Ricky Henderson: The Coach
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You Have to Keep Running
The Ballclub —
... As you may have heard by now, hitting coach Rick Down has gotten the axe, to be replaced by none other than Rickie Henderson. No offense to Down, who seems like an affable guy, but I couldn't be more delighted that Rickie will be in the dugout. I know many Mets fans will balk at the notion that the guy who played cards with Bobby Bonilla in the dugout while Rome burned, who got released after a spectacular failure to hustle, and (ironically, given his new job title) who didn't now who hitting coach Tom Robson was until Robson got fired (all three events neatly recounted by ...
Report: Ex-Yankee Henderson to be Mets’ New Hitting Coach
New York Yankees —
... New York Newsday reported last night, and today ESPN.com is reporting that Rickey Henderson has been named the New York Mets’ new hitting coach. Henderson replaces ex-Yankee hitting coach ...
Rickey Henderson's Latest Comeback
All on the Field sports blog —
... Henderson's latest comeback isn't as a player, thank goodness, but as the New York Mets' hitting coach. ...
Prediction: Dan Warthen Will Be the First to Go
Mets Today —
... 0.70 ERA, while Pelfrey, Perez, Maine, Hernandez and Nelson Figueroa are 3-5 with a 7.32 ERA. What are the Options? When a team is struggling, the easiest move is to do nothing. The second easiest move is to fire a pitching or a hitting coach - the GM and manager save their jobs and no players are traded. At best, the move could shake things up enough to ignite a team. At worst, nothing really changes. It’s a fairly clean process and there is only one victim. Just ask Bob Apodaca or Rick Down . Target: Warthen So how does an organization go about firing a pitching coach? If ...
