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Buzz: Sandy Alomar Jr. and the Indians

by Matthew Cerrone on November 17th, 2009 at 4:42 pm

According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Indians have announced Sandy Alomar Jr. has left the Mets to be their first base coach in 2010.

…thanks to John McC for the link

Alomar played 11 seasons with the Indians, and was voted in to the team’s Hall of Fame last summer.

from what i can gather, the Indians contacted the Mets about speaking with alomar last month… he had been the Mets bullpen catcher and catching instructor the last two seasons, but his current status had been up in the air as the team has yet to finalize Jerry Manuel’s coaching staff

so, i have to think this means Razor Shines will be manuel’s first base coach, and one of Eric Wedge, Bob Melvin or Dave Jauss will become his bench coachin other word, dude is surrounded by potential replacements, from Brooklyn to Bristol…