mets will hire dave hudgens (hitting coach), jon debus (bullpen), ken oberkfell (bench) and mookie (1b coach) to join warthen and hale
Jon Heyman
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Dec 12
Mets Coaching Staff Announced!!!
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15 comments
TRS86
12/12/2010-8:43pm at 8:43 pm (UTC -4)
TRS86 endorses these hirings.
Mr North Jersey
12/12/2010-8:44pm at 8:44 pm (UTC -4)
So it is said so let it be written.
Mr North Jersey
12/12/2010-8:44pm at 8:44 pm (UTC -4)
Or is it, so it is written so shall it be said?
stickguy
12/12/2010-8:48pm at 8:48 pm (UTC -4)
what he said.
Not a bad looking staff. Not debating Warthen again over here. But it is great to see an actual “professional” hitting coach for a change.
this coaching staff is going to mean business, and you better be prepared to work and take the job seriously or you will have some people way up in your grille.
oleosmirf
12/12/2010-8:47pm at 8:47 pm (UTC -4)
nice to see Mookie as the token 86 Met…
stickguy
12/12/2010-8:50pm at 8:50 pm (UTC -4)
safer as the 1B coach. Really hard to do much damage over there. What can he do, mix up 2 guys batting gloves?
rustyjr
12/12/2010-8:55pm at 8:55 pm (UTC -4)
Thanks for posting this TRS
wannybackstra
12/12/2010-9:04pm at 9:04 pm (UTC -4)
has this actually been announced or is it a heyman “scoop?”
Ceetar
12/12/2010-10:53pm at 10:53 pm (UTC -4)
Alderson confirmed that the decision had been made on Friday, but not announced, so it’s probably tough for Jon to screw that up.
hazmet
12/12/2010-9:47pm at 9:47 pm (UTC -4)
If the Mets weren’t such a cheap organization they could afford some real coaches.
just kidding, gotcha. I wanted to see what it felt like to post a comment like a MB blogger.
Ceetar
12/12/2010-10:53pm at 10:53 pm (UTC -4)
That sounded like a Heyman comment actually.
metsfan4decades
12/12/2010-9:59pm at 9:59 pm (UTC -4)
O.K. – sounds like a plan to me.
And good for Ken O. I’ll bet he’s been waiting a long time to get a position on the ML club. Now he gets to travel on jets instead of buses…
njstuckintx
12/12/2010-11:00pm at 11:00 pm (UTC -4)
OK, now lets firm up the SP openings…
TRS86
12/13/2010-8:35am at 8:35 am (UTC -4)
Can someone tell me why no one is really reporting that Hudgens has plenty of MLB hitting coach experience? They only seem to mention that he was a minor league hitting coordinator and struggled in his one trip to the bigs.
Ceetar
12/13/2010-8:42am at 8:42 am (UTC -4)
no, I can’t. This is a family blog.