Thoughts While Hoping Someone Brings Scrappy Back

No offense to Joe Vavra, Scott Ulger, Jerry White, etc...but I didn't know you guys before you were coaches. I miss Al Newman. Every team should be required to have a first or third base coach that played for the team between five and twenty-five years previously. Think of how fun it would be watching Kent Hrbek trying to wave someone home...with a dome dog in one hand and a Mike's Hard Lemonade in the other.


Here's my list of awesome (awesome=players I watched as a youngster) former players currently disguised as coaches:

Angels:

Alfredo Griffin

Mickey Hatcher

Astros:

Cecil Cooper

Braves:

Glenn Hubbard

Roger McDowell

Terry Pendleton

Eddie Perez

Cardinals:

Hal McRae
Jose Oquendo

Cubs:

Alan Trammell

Diamondbacks:

Kirk Gibson

Chip Hale

Kevin Seitzer

Dodgers:

Eddie Murray

Rick Honeycutt

Giants:

Dave Righetti

Indians:

Luis Rivera

Mets:

Howard Johnson

Tom Nieto

Orioles:

Juan Samuel

Phillies:

Milt Thompson

Davy Lopes

Red Sox:

Luis Alicea

Reds:

Brook Jacoby

Rockies:

Jamie Quirk

Glenallen Hill

Tigers:

Lloyd McClendon

Rafael Belliard

Andy Van Slyke

White Sox:

Harold Baines

Joey Cora

Mark Salas

Yankees:

Don Mattingly

Tony Pena

Do you really mean to tell me that this team couldn't use Jarvis Brown as a baserunning coach right now?