HoJo to Go?

by StorkFan on Jul 26, 2010 10:02 PM EDT

Let me get this part out of the way first: if Howard Johnson gets fired now or after the season, it won't bother me one bit. But if he gets fired now, exactly what does this accomplish? Who is going to take over the position and magically turn around the bats for the next two months? Chip Hale? Razor Shines? Ken Oberkfell? Tim Teufel? Wally Backman? (Well, maybe they could be platoon coaches.) I don't think even Charlie Lau in his heyday would have proclaimed, "I can fix Jason Bay in 15 minutes." I just don't see hitters reacting to a new hitting coach in mid season the way a team might react to a managerial change. (Maybe during the All Star break like the last time we fired a hitting coach, but not at the end of July.) Absent other forces, hitters tend to go back to their old habits. Anyone remember this April and the French god of walks? Yeah, that one lasted...almost into May. When the season's over, we can get a new hitting coach. (A new manager wouldn't hurt either.) Right now, all you're doing is rearranging deck chairs.

Oh yeah, I might as well say this too: this probably should be a FanShot. So there.

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uh

John Olerud, Hall of Famer. Got a nice ring to it.

by squid92 on Jul 26, 2010 11:06 PM EDT reply actions

Won't matter we need to play almost .700 baseball the rest of the way to make the playoff's

by TheKid08 on Jul 26, 2010 11:21 PM EDT reply actions

Interesting observation that Jerry saw and not HOJO

Manuel said he noticed watching Friday’s game on TV after being ejected that Wright might be standing too far from the plate

by TheKid08 on Jul 26, 2010 11:55 PM EDT reply actions

While half the people on this site knew that in June.

The comedy with Manuel. never ends

by Jack Str on Jul 27, 2010 5:37 AM EDT up reply actions

Hojo bears some responsibility for the hacktastic attitude of this team

We are behind only Houston and Pittsburgh in OBP, which is a fireable offense in my eyes. Getting Cora, Frenchy and Barajas off the team would help but until that happens we will continue to lose

by twon8 on Jul 27, 2010 8:42 AM EDT reply actions

yeah

but HoJo can’t teach how to hit with RISP…can he? even with better plate discipline and more walks, this team cannot drive anyone in for their lives! I actually FEAR that they get men on base and load the bases…

"Fantasy, reality, science Fiction. Which is which? Who can tell?"

by feslenraster on Jul 27, 2010 4:33 PM EDT reply actions

thats because if you can't hit with runners not in scoring position

you probably can’t hit with them in RISP either

Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?

by KeithsMoustache on Jul 27, 2010 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Keith Hernandez

he acts like he knows everything about hitting in the booth, and maybe he does.

by Rickfansince76 on Jul 31, 2010 11:43 AM EDT reply actions

Does anybody realize that

Eddie Yost (3rd base coach 1968-76) is still alive? I lobby him for hitting instructor:

1) He had eight seasons with 100 + walks (he can teach them lay off pitches)
2) Born in Brooklyn (local connection)
3) Was third base coach for the 1969 WS champions (connection to team history)

Could definitely do worse than this.

What's the score, boys?
What did Bugs Bunny do?
What's with the Carrot League baseball today?

by StorkFan on Aug 1, 2010 9:41 PM EDT reply actions