In This Town, the Hitting Coach Wears a Red Shirt
Tuesday, September 23, 2008by Geoff Young
According to Tom Krasovic at the U-T, Wally Joyner has resigned as hitting coach [h/t Sacrifice Bunt] of the San Diego Padres. In lieu of an explanation, Joyner offers this curious quote:
I came to the job hoping to put my experience and ideas to good use in teaching and coaching the Padres' hitters, but it has become obvious to me in the past few months that the organization's approach is different from mine.
First off, I suspect the approach is less of a problem right now than the results. Second, although the results haven't been great, they haven't ...
