T.R. Sullivan on pitching coaches

by Adam J. Morris on Jun 29, 2008 12:45 PM CDT

T.R. Sullivan's Sunday blog notes are all about pitching coaches, with various anecdotes, observations, and quotes about assorted Rangers pitching coaches in the past, and various coaches out there today.

Sullivan is not, it appears, a fan of Oscar Acosta.

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TR...Huh/?

Peterson was a flop in NY?

Stats don't lie

Paul Pierce >> Soft Nowitzki

"The Legend of Rudy continues to grow..." - the other guy on the podcast.

by Longhorn on Jun 29, 2008 12:50 PM CDT reply actions

Acosta

From Francisco Cordero in April 2006, shortly after Acosta’s passing in a Dominican car accident:

“I feel sorry for their families,” Cordero said. “I got to know Oscar in 2002 when he was the pitching coach. The slider I have, it was because of him. My slider was really long and he worked hard with me, kept telling me I could do a good job. He tightened it, showed me a different grip. I’ve been using it ever since. He helped me a lot.”

Dumbest move of the last 20 years? Really?

Baseball Time in Arlington

by jamcadbury on Jun 29, 2008 12:53 PM CDT reply actions

i think all these old hacks

get on a conference call and see who can out dumb who…

Stats don't lie

Paul Pierce >> Soft Nowitzki

"The Legend of Rudy continues to grow..." - the other guy on the podcast.

by Longhorn on Jun 29, 2008 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions

Acosta

was reviled by many of his students.

"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley

by Rodney on Jun 29, 2008 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions

Tom House

was over everyone’s head b/c he made everything up along the way.

by SteveP on Jun 29, 2008 1:05 PM CDT reply actions

Mark Connor

should not come back next year.

"No bear or disco for Juan" - Mr. Santos

by miles on Jun 29, 2008 1:08 PM CDT reply actions

+1MM

"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley

by boomer1 on Jun 29, 2008 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Unfortunately

that’s been suggested year after year after pitcher-less year.

"I'm extremely complex. I'm not easy to understand." - a) Charles Manson, b) Madonna, c) Milton Bradley.

by Clueless on Jun 30, 2008 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions

I think the 3rd bullet point

is the most important. Even the greatest teacher will have students they don’t click with.

Connor gets too much blame. I really don’t have a clue if he’s an asset or a problem, but he is certainly not entirely to blame for the crap on the mound many nights. You can blame him for not taking the pitchers where they are and making them better, but you cannot fire him simply because he is not a miracle worker.

Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.

by t ball on Jun 29, 2008 1:35 PM CDT reply actions