Mark McGwire to be Cards Hitting Coach

bergie56 · 10-25-2009, 06:11 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4593412

When I saw the headline I thought it was ESPN's attempt at misleading people into clicking the link. I was fully expecting that to be a different McGwire. It should be interesting to see how he handles his past.

Rag3vsW0rld · 10-25-2009, 06:17 PM

I can already hear his first words to his hitters:

"Strikeouts is bad?"

TheMatrix31 · 10-25-2009, 07:31 PM

That's a TERRIBLE choice for hitting coach.

I would just have Albert be a player-coach.

DrJones · 10-25-2009, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bergie56


	It should be interesting to see how he handles his past.

I'll take a wild guess. He won't want to talk about the past.

SPTO · 10-25-2009, 08:21 PM

Maybe he'll give out andro like it's candy.

Seriously, this has all the makings of a disaster.

poopydude · 10-25-2009, 10:05 PM

honestly i think he will provide some good tips to the card hitters remeber with no roids he did hit 49 homers in his rookie year. and another great thing is that i have been wanting his autogrpah for ages so maybe he'll sign now a days

Tomahawk · 10-25-2009, 10:25 PM

Good for Big Mac. He made a mistake that many players made in the last 20 years, but he isn't a bad guy and hopefully this will help him repair his reputation.

YankeePride · 10-26-2009, 01:51 AM

Confused about this one mostly because of his current past.

But, he's not a horrible pick. Probably difficult to really even measure the affect a hitting coach has on a team anyway.

SPTO · 10-26-2009, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by YankeePride


	But, he's not a horrible pick. Probably difficult to really even measure the affect a hitting coach has on a team anyway.

How many power hitters made good to great hitting coaches though? The only one I can think off the top of my head would be Don Baylor and he was actually a guy that hit for some average unlike McGwire.

I think a good hitting coach is a guy who can break down a swing and teach the mechanics of how to get your swing down right. I haven't seen anything from McGwire that leads me to believe that he was a student of the art of hitting. I'd be pleasantly surprised if he does well though.

throwmonkey · 10-26-2009, 03:35 AM

Considering the way he killed Holliday's swing at the beginning of this last season this could be interesting.

10-25-2009, 06:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
bergie56 M-V-P OVR: 17 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 4,152	Mark McGwire to be Cards Hitting Coach http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4593412 When I saw the headline I thought it was ESPN's attempt at misleading people into clicking the link. I was fully expecting that to be a different McGwire. It should be interesting to see how he handles his past.

10-25-2009, 07:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
TheMatrix31 Seven Seconds Or Less OVR: 36 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 25,819	Re: Mark McGwire to be Cards Hitting Coach That's a TERRIBLE choice for hitting coach. I would just have Albert be a player-coach.

10-25-2009, 08:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
SPTO We need Cowher Power OVR: 57 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The 905 Posts: 43,840	Re: Mark McGwire to be Cards Hitting Coach Maybe he'll give out andro like it's candy. Seriously, this has all the makings of a disaster. __________________ Member of the Official OS Bills Backers Club "We all gonna die...Living like we bulletproof" - Raheem DeVaughn May you live in interesting times - Old Chinese Proverb

10-25-2009, 10:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
poopydude Rookie OVR: 6 Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 226	Re: Mark McGwire to be Cards Hitting Coach honestly i think he will provide some good tips to the card hitters remeber with no roids he did hit 49 homers in his rookie year. and another great thing is that i have been wanting his autogrpah for ages so maybe he'll sign now a days

10-25-2009, 10:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
Tomahawk MVP OVR: 12 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: In the land of the Hokies and the home of the Braves!!! Posts: 1,231	Re: Mark McGwire to be Cards Hitting Coach Good for Big Mac. He made a mistake that many players made in the last 20 years, but he isn't a bad guy and hopefully this will help him repair his reputation. __________________ GO BRAVES!!!GO HOKIES!!!

10-26-2009, 01:51 AM	#8 (permalink)
YankeePride Stay Focused OVR: 46 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Bronx, NY Posts: 12,155	Re: Mark McGwire to be Cards Hitting Coach Confused about this one mostly because of his current past. But, he's not a horrible pick. Probably difficult to really even measure the affect a hitting coach has on a team anyway. __________________ Member of The OS Baseball Rocket Scientists Association Brewer's League Baseball GM, Denver Bulls 1982-

10-26-2009, 03:35 AM	#10 (permalink)
throwmonkey Say Who! Say What! OVR: 7 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sunnyvale, CA Posts: 758	Re: Mark McGwire to be Cards Hitting Coach Considering the way he killed Holliday's swing at the beginning of this last season this could be interesting.

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