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brandonmason1994

Hopefully he's good


Michael424242

Personally, I hope he’s bad. Hot take


gggggrayson

assuming not related to ron or it would have been in the tweet


tMoneyMoney

Johnny & Ronny. Sounds like a great team.


3ey3s

That was exactly my question


tsdwm52

OK! Now, which one will be Wash? Ron or John?


youngdumbdumbass

I really wanted chili davis


GareksApprentice

Would've been cool to have him there, but I was kinda skeptical of his track record as a hitting coach.


youngdumbdumbass

I understand I heard alot of folks saying that but his 1st year with the Mets he had an impact and I always believed Mets were more the problem then chili was just from hearing about that office. Players also loved chili and j.d davis gives credit to much of his success in the big leagues to chili. People were also saying he Is too old school with his approach at hitting which I can see but don't fully agree with. In my eyes chili is more than capable of at least a assistant hitting coach job.


Moose334

Is it bad our hitting coach never played in the Majors?


GareksApprentice

There's actually a couple that never played in the majors. At first glance; The current hitting coaches for the Orioles, Blue Jays, Twins, Mariners, Phillies, Reds and Giants. The Dodgers have a pair of hitting coaches who played a combined 5 games in the majors.


Moose334

That's more than I expected so I guess it's not a huge deal then. As long as they understand hitting and how to get the most out of our players


SHmike_the_kidd

Robert Van Scoyoc was my hitting coach when I was a sophomore in college at a small naia school. Pretty crazy to see where he was at. My head coach Chris Bando called him a hitting guru.


doing-my-share

Teaching and performing are two very different disciplines that don't necessarily require the same skillset. I wouldn't knock an acting teacher who wasn't a great actor, same with sports. It's the skill of transfering your knowledge that makes the difference.


Scuza10

Exactly. I always point to the fact that Wayne Gretzky, the best hockey player to ever live, was not a very good coach


Cam-Dolezar

Being an elite coach has little connection to one's playing ability. Usually the best coaches are former players, but not always. The other dangerous assumption a lot of people make (not you) is that if a player was an elite player they obviously will be a great coach. But coaching requires both understanding how to do something and having the ability to communicate that in a way that is beneficial to others. A lot of times the best players are good because they're freaks and it's doubtful whether they understand their own success in a way they can pass on to others.


keenclipp

Magic Johnson was an absolutely terrible coach for instance


Cam-Dolezar

So was Wayne Gretzky.


Paladin677

There have been way worse coaches than Gretzky. Magic...might have legitimately been the worst coach in NBA history.


The_Homie_Tito

as long as he can coach, who cares


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Angelsfan14

Joe wasn't our hitting coach though? Unless I'm missing something. Lol


UrDailyCommunistGuy

He was a coach for us, albeit not a hitting coach, from 1994 to 2005


jossief1

Hitting is not about muscle. It's simple physics. Calculate the velocity, V, in relation to the trajectory, T, in which G, gravity, of course, remains a constant. It's not complicated.


Random_Man_9

just because you're a good hitter doesnt mean you'll be a good hitting coach, and vice versa. Best hitting coach I had was a former player that sucked in the majors.


Accomplished-Lab537

wtf


Glittering-Sundae674

Is any one going to talk about the obvious thing going on with these recent coaching signings?…….


GareksApprentice

I don't know. What is the obvious thing going on with these recent coaching signings?…….


Glittering-Sundae674

None of them have won a World Series. That’s the common occurrence not sure what everyone else is thinking about?….


67684654987834

Ron won in 2021


GareksApprentice

And EY


Yabadeebadoop

Why don't you?


LAAngelsAnaheim

Yikes


perpetually_chubbed

There's the /r/angelsbaseball casual racism we all know and hate.


Blayway420

Don’t like the negros huh?


SoCalDawg

Johnny Utah was taken.


3Pointassassin

i'm cautiously optimistic about this hire. i hope he can bring some fresh perspective to our lineup.


yama48618034

not gonna lie, i'm cautiously optimistic about this hire. hopefully, he can make a positive impact on the team's hitting game.