Willie Upshaw Already Has a Significant Major League Resume, But Bridgeport Skipper Longs for Chance to Lead a Team
May 31, 2012 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
Willie Upshaw’s post-playing-days reputation as both a major and minor league hitting guru seems unchallenged and he enjoys the opportunity to be near his home in Fairfield, CT, but he is much like those he manages in the Atlantic League in that he wants a different job. “I get pigeonholed as a hitting coach”, the […]
Fair Or Not, Terry Francona’s Departure From Boston Is Imminent And Necessary
September 30, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
According to published reports, the Red Sox and manager Terry Francona will agree to part company this morning after an eight-year marriage that brought the franchise a pair of World Series championships – its first titles since 1918. Tito won’t be fired… his contract expired on Wednesday night and it has been agreed by both […]
Meet Kate Wedge the wife of Mariners Skipper Eric Wedge
June 20, 2011 by Jeff Engels · Leave a Comment
Kate Wedge at the Safe While much has been written about the great job that manager Eric Wedge has done this year with the Seattle Mariners, not much has been said about the skipper’s wife, Kate Wedge. I was fortunate enough to meet her last night through a mutual friend as I was enjoying the […]
Talk and Action
February 18, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment
As everyone knows by now, the pitchers, the catchers and other assorted players and Cardinal brass showed up in Jupiter yesterday. The hitting coach dwarfed them all. Mark McGwire came to camp yesterday and, as he often does, stole the spotlight. This time, in my mind, it was in a positive way, as he talked […]
