Garret Anderson should be the Interim Hitting Coach

[HaloRed16]

Dave Hansen replacing Baylor on the interim after a freakishly surreal leg accident.  I wholeheartedly disagree with that.  Why not GA instead, it baffles me?! 

[tdawg87]

Would GA even be willing?

[jshep]

Nah, he's too lazy.

[Brandon]

It always trips me out when people nominate others at will.

 

Does he even coach now or is this your Angels nostalgia and thinking because he was a good Angels hitter that he would in turn make a good coach?

[Inside Pitch]

If they were going to bring in a former Angel to try to make up the loss, Bobby Grich would be my choice.  

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

@Angels: Paul Sorrento (Org. Hitting Coord.) will join Dave Hansen (Asst. Hitting Coach) to assist in #Angels hitting coach duties with Baylor out

[fan_since79]

If anyone is looking for Garret, he tends to hang out at Roger Dunn Golf shops.

 

Approach him carefully, though. He tends to shy away from AngelsWin members.

Edited April 1, 2014 by fan_since79

[HaloFan85]

Dave Hansen will be fine.  He's got enough coaching experience to handle the job on an interim basis.

[Fontana Halo]

There's a lot more to coaching than just being a former good player. Ask Troy Percival.

[Taylor]

Why not Tim Salmon? He can do his post-game TV analysis from the dugout (or the bunt cage).

[Blarg]

Dave Hansen replacing Baylor on the interim after a freakishly surreal leg accident.  I wholeheartedly disagree with that.  Why not GA instead, it baffles me?! 

 

Why would you disagree with the Angels promoting the assistant to the position, Hanson having several years of experience in that capacity, for a retired legacy player that has done no coaching at the minor or major league level? This line of thinking baffles me.

[jsnpritchett]

Why would you disagree with the Angels promoting the assistant to the position, Hanson having several years of experience in that capacity, for a retired legacy player that has done no coaching at the minor or major league level? This line of thinking baffles me.

 

Because he's like the greatest Angel evar!  Duh.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Ibanez is as old as a coach...if that helps.

[Docwaukee]

Dave Hansen replacing Baylor on the interim after a freakishly surreal leg accident.  I wholeheartedly disagree with that.  Why not GA instead, it baffles me?! 

Are you not sure if it baffles you? 

 

so GA is gonna hop out of his living room and suddenly be a hitting coach?  ok. that should work out well. 

[Homebrewer]

I thought GA was in jail for keying peoples cars.

[YouthofToday]

GA wasn't exactly known for plate discipline...

[disarcina]

Well GA doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would have patience with young hitters -- hard to say.

 

But when folks throw out these names, they tend to forget that guys like GA and Salmon who did very well financially during their MLB careers, sometimes the last thing they want to do with their time is to get back into the grind of constant travel and to do so at a fraction of what they were making as players.......

 

Hansen is actually an old Sosh favorite from the Dodger days and Hansen was sort of a bench coach/ PH at the end of his career......Sorrento - not sure where that comes from, he never impressed me much.........kind of a Dave Kingman light -- not as many HRs, some power stroke but about as many strikeouts......

 

Sorrento played for Cleveland and Seattle if I remember this right.

[HaloRed16]

He would do it if they asked him too. He's more than qualified, Imo. Along with that he's the present Halos lifetime plate appearances leader, he'll bring in the Rod Carew tutelege.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Thats a good point disar. Its obviously not going to be true for everyone, but for the guys who made big money and are settled down with a family, theres probably not a ton of allure to come back 'to the grind'.

[nate]

I doubt GA has any interest.  If you have ever met him or watched an interview he doesn't seem like the type to excel as a coach.

[Mudville]

Thank you for that insight Mr Campanis.

[Lhalo]

Can they hire Brad Fullmer as a coach? I want to see him rip some of these guy's limbs off.

[jshep]

I'm not sure how GA is qualified to immediately step into a hitting coach role other than the fact that he was a good hitter,which isn't enough.

 

And yeah, none of us really have any idea whether he would even WANT to be a hitting coach if the opportunity presented itself.

[Glen]

Ersty for hitting coach!

[Tank]

kurt bevacqua!