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 coach… in other word, dude is surrounded by potential replacements, from Brooklyn to Bristol…
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Alomar hit a home run off Mariano Rivera in the 1997 ALDS that helped knock the Yankees out of the playoffs. I’ll never forget how shocked Rivera looked that someone hit his cut fastball out of the park. So Alomar will always be a hero to me.
a big loss for this coaching staff
This is actually pretty bad news. Alomar would have been excellent to have when Thole actually comes up.
Razor at 1B? Does this mean he’ll send everyone on for doubles?
Rise and Shine…someplace else.
This guy needs to go!
What happened to the new and improved Mets?
I feel like I’m gettin’ hustled again this winter.
Don’t give me new uniforms, some blue and orange paint and this same old tired bunch of choke artists.
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