Maureen Mullen of CSNNE.com is reporting that according to a source DeMarlo Hale bench coach for the Boston Red Sox is among the candidates to be the next manager of the New York Mets.
Here is his Coaching Career Bio courtesy of MLB.com
Coaching Career
- Is in 1st season as Red Sox bench coach
- Was Boston’s third base coach for 4 seasons, 2006-09
- Served as the Rangers first base and outfield coach during the 2002-05 seasons
- Managed Texas’ Triple-A Oklahoma club to 2nd-place finishes in the Pacific Coast League’s East Division in both 2000 and 2001
- Was a coach for Peoria of the Arizona Fall League in 2001
- Began professional coaching career with the Red Sox organization at Double-A New Britain in 1992
- Went 491-471 (.510) in 7 seasons as a minor league manager in the Boston system from 1993-99
- Managed the Sox Single-A Ft. Lauderdale (1993), Single-A Sarasota (1994, 1996), Single-A Michigan (1995) and Double-A Trenton (1997-99) clubs, reaching the postseason 3 times (Sarasota in 1994, Michigan in 1995 and Trenton in 1999)
- Honored by the Red Sox with the inaugural Edward F. Kenney Player Development Award in 1994, acknowledging the dedication, success and work ethic of the club’s baseball operations personnel
- Named Midwest League Manager of the Year at Michigan in 1995
- Chosen to manage the AL affiliates at the 1997 and 1999 Double-A All-Star Game
- Served as a coach for the U.S. team at the 1999 All-Star Futures Game at Fenway Park
- His 1999 Double-A Trenton Thunder club finished 92-50 (.648) and was named Minor League Team of the Year by Baseball America
- Was selected Minor League Manager of the Year by Baseball America, The Sporting News and USA Today Baseball Weekly
- Recognized as the Eastern League’s Manager of the Year that season
- Spent 4 years as an instructor at Bucky Dent’s Baseball School in Boca Raton, FL from 1989-92
17 comments
stickguy
11/7/2010-6:07pm at 6:07 pm (UTC -4)
AL guy! Red flag alert!
sorry, I am still shell shocked seeing botched BP usage and late game player usage.
what the hell, talk to him too. talk to everyone. Just make sure to pick the right guy. One that actually is a strong tactical manager.
TRS86
11/7/2010-6:45pm at 6:45 pm (UTC -4)
Holy COW!!!
Stick has an avatar!
stickguy
11/7/2010-6:48pm at 6:48 pm (UTC -4)
yes real, I got badgered into it.
now you just need to get rusty on board.
rustyjr
11/7/2010-6:55pm at 6:55 pm (UTC -4)
Just be happy I learned how to insert photos in my column !
TRS86
11/7/2010-7:43pm at 7:43 pm (UTC -4)
http://en.gravatar.com/
GravediggerHebner
11/7/2010-6:21pm at 6:21 pm (UTC -4)
Despite his legitimate qualifications the cynic in me thinks “mandatory minority candidate.”
Unless I’m forgetting someone, they’ve only interviewed white dudes so far.
rustyjr
11/7/2010-6:36pm at 6:36 pm (UTC -4)
Isn’t Wally black& Jewish ? Oy
Prismo
11/7/2010-6:40pm at 6:40 pm (UTC -4)
No Rusty, Wally Backman is not black. Thank you for playing.
kingman 26
11/7/2010-8:11pm at 8:11 pm (UTC -4)
He’s Jewish, but he is also 1/8 Indian, 1/8 Navajo, 1/8 Armenian, and 1/8 Dominican.
stickguy
11/7/2010-11:48pm at 11:48 pm (UTC -4)
and 1/4 a lesbian eskimo.
Prismo
11/7/2010-6:36pm at 6:36 pm (UTC -4)
How do you know he’s not white?
stickguy
11/7/2010-6:38pm at 6:38 pm (UTC -4)
Bill Simmons has a “club” for guys with names that sound like they are one race when they are actually another one.
GravediggerHebner
11/7/2010-10:43pm at 10:43 pm (UTC -4)
A reasonable question, I do not know that he’s not white. I am making some dangerous assumptions based on seeing him on TV and in photographs, and knowing his name, but it’s entirely possible he’s Sicilian.
I should know better than to assume ever since I met my brother’s white friend Delmont Benjamin. Thankfully when they walked in I didn’t say “who’s this guy and where’s Delmont?” But I did turn white(r) with surprise.
stickguy
11/7/2010-6:40pm at 6:40 pm (UTC -4)
I still think the Mets should get credit since they evaluated a minority candidate when they showed Jerry the door.
stickguy
11/7/2010-6:47pm at 6:47 pm (UTC -4)
well darn. the Giants gave up a touchdown. Now only leading 41-7.
even the Dolphins couldn’t blow that lead.
kingman 26
11/7/2010-8:10pm at 8:10 pm (UTC -4)
OUCH!!!
Prismo
11/7/2010-9:11pm at 9:11 pm (UTC -4)
Why is MB updating a post about Cliff Lee’s FA status? Does this have anything to do with the Mets? Is ripping off MLBTR that important?