Hurdle remaining focused on bolstering weak bullpen
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
With Matt Holliday gone and Garrett Atkins possibly next, the question hits Rockies fans like a line drive: Does Colorado have enough offense?
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Hurdle tabs Baylor to fix hitting woes (Troy E. Renck/Denver Post)
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post : Hurdle tabs Baylor to fix hitting woes — The Rockies got their “Groove” back Monday. — Don Baylor, nicknamed “Groove” for a quote given when he was a 21-year-old prospect with the Orioles, returned to Colorado as the club's hitting instructor. — This isn't a public relations ploy, manager Clint Hurdle insisted.
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Hurdle tabs Baylor to fix hitting woes
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Don Baylor returned to Colorado as the club's hitting instructor. This isn't a public relations ploy, manager Clint Hurdle insisted.
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Source: Hurdle eyeing Tracy
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
Specific candidates have emerged in Clint Hurdle's search to fill out his Rockies coaching staff.
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Fuentes plans to visit Mets
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... to crystallize today. Colorado would like to have two left-handers in its bullpen, and manager Clint Hurdle made a point last week to mention Rusch when talking about those in the mix. Alan Embree is also a leading candidate along with Brian Shouse and Joe Beimel. However, the latter two are seeking multiple-year contracts, with the Tigers among those aggressively pursuing Beimel....
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Cancer survivor Baylor back in majors
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Thanksgiving week was a slow one around baseball, but the trickle of transactions contained some really good news. Don Baylor , the former Chicago Cubs manager who battled cancer in an inspirational way – hardly surprising for anyone who knows him – is returning to the majors as Clint Hurdle's hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies. Baylor, 59, had been out of uniform since spending 2005...
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MLB | Former Rockies manager Don Baylor to serve as coach
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Thanksgiving week was a rather slow one around baseball, but the trickle of transactions contained some interesting news.Don Baylor, the former Chicago Cubs manager who battled cancer in an inspirational way — hardly surprising for anyone who knows him — is returning to the majors as Clint Hurdle's hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies.Baylor, 59, had been out of uniform since spending...
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Don Baylor returns to the Colorado Rockies as a hitting coach
OTB Sports (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
This 10 years after he was the first manager of the major league baseball team. From AP- Former manager Don Baylor returned to the Colorado Rockies as hitting coach Monday. Baylor was one of five coaches added to manager Clint Hurdle’s staff. The team also hired former major league manager Jim Tracy as bench coach and Rich [...]
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Rockies Rumors: Embree, Shouse, Taveras, Atkins
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Troy E. Renck of the Denver Post has the latest on the Rockies. Manager Clint Hurdle says the Rockies are focused on adding pitching, particularly in the bullpen. On the radar: Aaron Heilman, Alan Embree, Joe Beimel, and Brian Shouse. Yesterday Joel Sherman said the Mets balked at the idea of swapping Heilman and Pedro Feliciano for Huston Street. Renck adds that the Reds and White Sox...
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Don Baylor returns to the Colorado Rockies as a hitting coach
Wizbang Sports (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
This 10 years after he was the first manager of the major league baseball team. From AP - Former manager Don Baylor returned to the Colorado Rockies as hitting coach Monday. Baylor was one of five coaches added to manager Clint Hurdle's staff. The team also hired former major league manager Jim Tracy as bench coach and Rich Dauer as third base coach. Jim Wright becomes the bullpen coach...
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Rockies Hire Tracy
Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
The Colorado Rockies have tabbed Jim Tracy as their bench coach. Will Tracy advise Rockies manager Clint Hurdle on how to try and recreate the 2004 LA Dodgers in Colorado? Jim Tracy was pretty bad in the Burgh, but bad managers always seem to resurface as malor league coaches. Tracy was bench coach under Felipe Alou in Montreal and with Davey Johnson in LA from 1999-2001. After watching...
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Rockies Considering Embree, Shouse, Ohman
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Troy E. Renck of the Denver Post talked to Rockies manager Clint Hurdle, who said the team has internally discussed lefthanded free agent relievers Alan Embree, Brian Shouse, and Will Ohman. Ken Rosenthal also suggests Embree is a possibility. Another note from Rosenthal: The Rockies, at least for the moment, seem content to keep third baseman Garrett Atkins and the three players they...
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Baylor returns as Rockies hitting coach (T.R. Sullivan/MLB.com)
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com : Baylor returns as Rockies hitting coach — DENVER — Don Baylor is returning to the Rockies, this time as their hitting coach. — Baylor was one of four coaches named to manager Clint Hurdle's staff on Monday. Also hired were bench coach Jim Tracy, third-base coach Rich Dauer and bullpen coach Jim Wright.
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Rockies Name Virtually All-New Coaching Staff
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Manager Clint Hurdle, first base coach Glenallen Hill, and pitching coach Bob Apodaca will be the only returnees to the 2009 Rockies, as Colorado named five new coaches to that team's roster: Don Baylor as hitting coach, Jim Tracy as the bench coach, Rich Dauer as the third base coach, Jim Wright as the bullpen coach, and Brian Jordan as strength and conditioning coach.
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Rockies To Hire Jim Tracy As Bench Coach?
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Tony Jackson reports the odd story that Jim Tracy, former manager of the Dodgers and Pirates, has found a resting place in Colorado as Clint Hurdle's bench coach.
