Johnson replaces Rick Down, who was fired in the Great Batting Coach Purge of 2007, along with Arizona hitting coach Kevin Seitzer. Down, Seitzer, and Eddie Murray have all been exiled to a top secret hitting re-education camp in North Dakota. Further attempts to determine its location have been rebuffed by MLB officials.
I feel as though the assignments for Rickey & HoJo were obvious from the start. Odd that they took their time to make it official.
Anyway, the Yankees sort of have two hitting coaches with Don Mattingly the bench coach having been the hitting coach last year and all 12 of the Yankee position players having been with the team last year as well.
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This is why MLB needs to let Mark Cuban in the door. He'd do this in a second.
Anyway, the Yankees sort of have two hitting coaches with Don Mattingly the bench coach having been the hitting coach last year and all 12 of the Yankee position players having been with the team last year as well.
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