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Sunday, October 15, 2006

Red Sox Welcome Two Mystery Coaches into the Fold

As already noted in a news thread, the Red Sox are ‘close’ to hiring John Farrell to be there pitching coach. There is also a report in the Globe that they have inked Dave Magadan as some sort of coach, although no one seems sure what yet.

I have virtually no opinion on these two moves. The only thing that sticks out is that one guy (Farrell) seems to be a Francona guy while the other (Magadan) isn’t. I think that indicates that the FO is using his input, but not giving him free reign.

Darren Posted: October 15, 2006 at 09:35 PM | 16 comment(s)
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1. Toby Posted: October 15, 2006 at 10:15 PM (#2213253)

Magadan will be the "The Next Wade Boggs Coach".

2. Templeusox has Red-State Street Cred Posted: October 15, 2006 at 10:44 PM (#2213371)

I truly thought the appearance on Cribs would be the last time I saw Dave Magadan.

3. Darren Posted: October 15, 2006 at 10:46 PM (#2213377)

What's a "Wade Boggs Coach?" Am I missing a joke?

Glad to see you're alive Toby and Temple. This place has been dead.

4. Will Young is moving back to MN Posted: October 15, 2006 at 10:50 PM (#2213388)

Is this the Farrell who is coming over from the Indians? If so, I heard an an on-air interview with him during one of the Twins-Indians games the last 2 weeks of the season that shared a lot of his organizational philosophy. Anyone with MLB.TV might want to check it out and try to find it.

5. TVerik fondly recalls Todd Palin's facial hair Posted: October 15, 2006 at 10:54 PM (#2213401)

Were you thinking of making a Scott Cooper joke, Toby?

6. Darren Posted: October 15, 2006 at 10:55 PM (#2213404)

Yes, that's the guy, Will. In the other thread, several people mentioned how interesting he was to listen to.

7. Templeusox has Red-State Street Cred Posted: October 15, 2006 at 10:59 PM (#2213414)

Is this the Farrell who is coming over from the Indians? If so, I heard an an on-air interview with him during one of the Twins-Indians games the last 2 weeks of the season that shared a lot of his organizational philosophy. Anyone with MLB.TV might want to check it out and try to find it.

Talk about trying to find a need in a haystack. At least you told us which teams were involved.

Glad to see you're alive Toby and Temple. This place has been dead.

Wait until we get Johan Santana for Jeff Corsaletti, the Y in Jacoby Ellsbury's first name, and naming rights to the GCL Sox bullpen wall. That'll pump some life into the place.

8. Darren Posted: October 15, 2006 at 11:02 PM (#2213423)

That will be the rumored deal. It will turn out to be Tito Santana for Ellsbury's full self and both of the B boys.

9. The Ghost of Sox Fans Past Posted: October 16, 2006 at 01:06 AM (#2213569)

FWIW, Magadan and Lou Piniella are cousins. So maybe Dave's a Hispanic guy.

10. Bernal Diaz has an angel on his shoulder. Posted: October 16, 2006 at 07:01 PM (#2214431)

The general consensus in Cleveland was that Farrell was in line for a big Front Office job somewhere not a coaching job. It is a collective WTF.

11. Toby Posted: October 17, 2006 at 09:44 PM (#2215708)

when Dave Magadan came up, he was touted as "The Next Wade Boggs". I went to college in Mets country at a time when the Mets were good and Magadan was in the pipeline and all my college buddies were Mets fans, so this is burned into my memory.

So yes, it's an attempt at a joke, which perhaps only my college friends would truly understand.

12. Miko Supports Shane's Spam Habit Posted: October 18, 2006 at 01:36 AM (#2216281)

The general consensus in Cleveland was that Farrell was in line for a big Front Office job somewhere not a coaching job. It is a collective WTF.

What do you guys know about baseball, anyway? You thought Coco was a leftfielder!

Boy, it's quiet in here.

13. Toby Posted: October 18, 2006 at 12:25 PM (#2216570)

Mike Fine at the Patriot Ledger has a nice piece on Farrellhere.

Looks like a sound move to me.

14. Judges 20:16 (the Lord's bullpen) Posted: October 19, 2006 at 02:27 PM (#2217988)

It just hit me that Sean Burroughs is a poor man's Dave Magadan.

15. villageidiom Posted: October 21, 2006 at 03:21 PM (#2220290)

According to the Hartford Courant today, Magadan has been named the new hitting coach.

16. Matt Clement of Alexandria Posted: October 21, 2006 at 03:25 PM (#2220297)

It just hit me that Sean Burroughs is a poor man's Dave Magadan.

It's more that Kevin Youkilis is Dave Magadan.

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