Kevin Long fired as NY hitting coach

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jon abbey said:
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-heyman/24747505/sources-yankees-fire-well-repected-hitting-coach-kevin-long
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Long, who was also well-liked throughout the Yankees organization, was the hitting coach in 2007 when they scored 968 runs, their best output since 1937. The Yankees also led the majors in hits, slugging percentage and had a historically good batting average of .290. Once again, in 2009 the Yankees put up huge numbers under Long's coaching, leading the league in runs and several more categories.
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He HAS to be in the conversation for the Sox vacancy now, right? Long seems to be the scapegoat for some veteran underperformers/regression and a roster that wasn't constructed very well. But Cashman nor Girardi are getting fired anytime soon. 
 
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Trlicek's Whip said:
 
 
He HAS to be in the conversation for the Sox vacancy now, right? Long seems to be the scapegoat for some veteran underperformers/regression and a roster that wasn't constructed very well. But Cashman nor Girardi are getting fired anytime soon. 
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Yup, and with the way he got scapegoated he would probably be more than happy to help us out. Might even help out our pitching staff in forming game plans against Yankees hitters.
 
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Might even help out our pitching staff in forming game plans against Yankees hitters.
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With the lineup the Yankees ran out there this year, half the posters on SOSH could do that.
 
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I imagine the game plan would be something like "don't walk them." It's not Long's fault he's a hitting coach and not a necromancer.
 
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jon abbey said:
 
No big names, here are six candidates:

http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2014/10/with_dave_magadan_out_updating_yankees_possible_hitting_coach_candidates.html
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Thanks for the link. 
I don't know much about the coaching ability of most of the candidates but Derek Shelton has always looked like the weak link in the Tampa dugout compared to Jim Hickey, the pitcher whisperer.  Who went to Tampa and suddenly turned around or had a jump forward as a hitter?
 
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Mmm.  Yeah, I suppose he's a sort of an example.
I was going to say that maybe Carlos Pena would be a good example but Shelton only became the TB hitting coach in 2010 by which time Pena was starting to decline and which decline he couldn't stop under Shelton's watch.
 
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I don't really trust George King, but this would make sense as to why we've heard so little about NY filling this position:

"There is serious speculation running through Kauffman Stadium prior to Game 7 of the World Series that the Yankees are waiting for the Series finale Wednesday night so they can contact the Royals’ Raul Ibanez to gauge his interest in being their hitting coach."

http://nypost.com/2014/10/29/yankees-next-hitting-coach-could-be-in-royals-dugout/
 
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