Author Topic: Gaetti out, Sean Berry in??? (Read 5637 times)

astrojo · « **on:** July 12, 2006, 11:09:24 pm »

Holly · « **Reply #1 on:** July 12, 2006, 11:19:03 pm »

Wow is right. Guess he's free to have a beer with Mr. How-To-Hit-.300

Browneye · « **Reply #2 on:** July 12, 2006, 11:33:11 pm »

I dont mean to sound like an idiot but, why Berry? Wouldnt you want someone who was a more successfull hitter?

jasonact · « **Reply #3 on:** July 12, 2006, 11:48:33 pm »

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I dont mean to sound like an idiot but, why Berry? Wouldnt you want someone who was a more successfull hitter?

Um, no. That's like saying you would only want an oncologist who had had cancer. He's been a minor league hitting coach and the Astros minor league hitting coordinator. Often the talented practitioners don't always make the best teachers.

Curly · « **Reply #5 on:** July 12, 2006, 11:51:16 pm »

Man...how many 3B are we going to add to the roster today?

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Holly · « **Reply #6 on:** July 12, 2006, 11:58:26 pm »

And whatever happened to TGBS as a coach at some point? Shoot. He must enjoy watching his kids grow up or something.

HurricaneDavid · « **Reply #10 on:** July 13, 2006, 12:48:11 am »

Did anyone see this coming?

ybbodeus · « **Reply #13 on:** July 13, 2006, 03:18:19 am »

Probably gonna sound cornball, but this is an interesting move to me from a motivational standpoint. They aren't settling for anything this year, taking anything for granted that this team will just automatically light fire late as it's done the last two years. Maybe this kind of serious move...."you clowns cost a good man his job!"...could wake them up when nothing else has consistently this year.

I'm presuming these guys like Gary a lot and that they'll hurt for him....for a half hour or so. All kidding aside, the players on this team strike me as a little better on average than that, but they're also probably wondering amongst themselves "who's next?"

Good night to all, and a great day of reading posts here for me. Thank you.

JimR · « **Reply #14 on:** July 13, 2006, 11:28:25 am »

absolutely not. often the best hitters make the worst coaches. they do not know how they did it and cannot teach fundamentals; they just saw the ball and hit it.

hostros7 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 13, 2006, 11:35:49 am »

the killer b's will never end. Anyone know what Bill Spiers is up to these days?

S.P. Rodriguez · « **Reply #16 on:** July 13, 2006, 12:28:58 pm »

Does anyone see this as an indictment of Gaetti and not just a situation where they want to put the players, who they can't fire, on notice?

Berry may be more effective, at least for a while. It just seems this is the way things play out for hitting coaches, pitching coaches, managers etc...

CDastros · « **Reply #18 on:** July 13, 2006, 12:40:12 pm »

Timmy P was just on 610 and gave some insight on the Gaetti firing. He said that he wanted a change in hitting philosophy for the team. I don?t think he went in to much detail on that, but he also said that the organization had just spent a ton of money on new video equipment for the team. He felt that Sean Berry would be able to better utilize that equipment because he was using it for the minor leaguers.

It sounds like to me that Timmy like Gaetti, but Berry was doing such a good job with the minor leaguers, plus he fit the direction the organization wants to go in as far as using video technology and hitting philosophy, that he was a better fit for the team.

davek · « **Reply #20 on:** July 13, 2006, 12:45:09 pm »

Consider this...

What I remember best about Sean Berry is that he was a total gamer...

He also played a season at 3rd with a very painful shoulder injury and remained at least somewhat productive....

He might be able to get through to Morgan...

Willy is another matter...

Ty in Tampa · « **Reply #28 on:** July 13, 2006, 05:18:36 pm »

The brilliance that is Fredia maintains no boundaries.

JimR · « **Reply #29 on:** July 13, 2006, 06:29:45 pm »

remember also that he was WT's hitting coach in RR.

Twoniner · « **Reply #31 on:** July 14, 2006, 02:02:40 am »

And even though Gaetti was a very good hitter, anybody that played the Twins in the original RBI baseball knows his approach was poor at the plate, very all or nothing

. Bottom line is that assistant coaches, whether it be baseball or football, whose side produces nothing but poor results are likely to be fired. Whether it be because they are bad coaches or management is just looking for someone else to shape up bad hitters/offensive talent is another story, but it shouldn't come as a surprise looking at the offensive production.

Author Topic: Gaetti out, Sean Berry in??? (Read 5637 times)

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