Jokersgoon Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Joe Frisaro �@JoeFrisaro #Marlins name Tino Martinez hitting coach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I accept! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrchainsaw Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Certainly did not see this coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Hopefully he can turn Logan Morrison into what he [Tino] had as his career averages [.271/27/102]. I think that'd be a pretty good line for Morrison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dim Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 The Marlins are going full nostalgia on me right now. First Redmond as manager, now Martinez as hitting coach. Tom Glavine for pitching coach, Mike Lowell for third base coach, and Mike Mordecai for bench coach please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollythewog Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 ummmm good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entendu Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Tino Martinez? I haven't heard that name since I played baseball video games in the early 2000's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canada-marlin24 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Did not see this coming but it sounds pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishFan88 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 What is there to know about Tino Martinez? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 This irrelevant news is exciting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piazza31 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Really? Was Paul O'Neil unavailable? Not sure how to feel about this. Has he been in the coaching aspect of the game? Should have hired Canseco or Bonds FFS. Arenr they looking for jobs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Beinfest Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Someone who actually hit well in his career! Yay! Can teach them how to play defense while he's at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ema2R Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Great news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordMagnus Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Stanton is hitting coach. Either you hit the ball, or you will act as his bat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Stanton is hitting coach. Either you hit the ball, or you will act as his bat. Morrison's hard head would be a pretty awesome sweet spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmo Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Someone who actually hit well in his career! Yay! Can teach them how to play defense while he's at it. Yeah this. I like this hire a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokersgoon Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 The Tino hiring came from the top perhaps Loria? Not Redmond's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolphinJohn Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Some of you f**kers will never be happy. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 The Tino hiring came from the top perhaps Loria? Not Redmond's. Ah sh*t, he's Loria's guy? f***, our guys are gonna hit like .210 this year combined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirspud Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 This signing is another bad move by the Marlins organization. With the way this team hit last year, Tino should definitely have a bat himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroncoBob27 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 The Tino hiring came from the top perhaps Loria? Not Redmond's. Ex-Yankee with no coaching experience. Sounds like a Loria hiring to me. Guess we should wait and see how he does before we pass judgement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Can't possibly be worse than Perez. 271/344/471/815 over 15 years indicates that he has a pretty good clue about how to hit. His peak year was 296/371/577/948. 503 PAs per year over 16 years of mostly full-time play. Perez never had more than 330 PAs in 13 years and averaged 157/year. Nepotism sucks. Hiring actual talent is better. We don't know for sure that Martinez can coach what he obviously knows how to do, but he has to be an improvement on total uselessness, no matter how bad he may be at coaching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherman shill Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 maybe he can PH in a spot and still give that classic Helmsian "professional at bat".... I KEED....i realize the results in the bigs don't always translate to being able to coach well but Tino was always fairly highly regarded as a leader (i.e. someone who SHOULD make a solid coach) and he could handle a bat as well. It's a pretty good roll of the dice on this one. I had hope McGwire would have come here since it always seemed like whoever went to the Cards under his tutelage just raked. Not mad at this hiring at all though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Can't possibly be worse than Perez. 271/344/471/815 over 15 years indicates that he has a pretty good clue about how to hit. His peak year was 296/371/577/948. 503 PAs per year over 16 years of mostly full-time play. Perez never had more than 330 PAs in 13 years and averaged 157/year. Nepotism sucks. Hiring actual talent is better. We don't know for sure that Martinez can coach what he obviously knows how to do, but he has to be an improvement on total uselessness, no matter how bad he may be at coaching. Playing days have nothing to do with ability to coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolphinJohn Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Playing days have nothing to do with ability to coach. Who would you rather see as hitting coach, Erick? Someone that is attainable, that is. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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