Tom Nieto, your new first base coach

[Gwreck]

I think we knew he was promoted from "Instructor" (where he was banished to the bullpen -- by rule, I think) to "Coach" but he will be the First Base Coach for your 2008 Mets.

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Personally, I think a change at 3B was needed a whole lot more...

[Guest AG/DC]

That's mildly interesting. As catching instructor, he was also the second bullpen catcher. If he stays on as catching instructor as well, a new job may be opening up as Dave Racienello's partner. You should apply.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Gwreck wrote: Personally, I think a change at 3B was needed a whole lot more...

yup.

http://cranepoolforum.qwknetllc.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=6366

[Elster88]

Neato

[Guest AG/DC]

Don't forgetto. It's �ieto.

[Benjamin Grimm]

="Mets.com"]Like father, like son: Sandy Alomar Jr. spoke often last summer of his desire to eventually become a baseball coach, and he's now taken the first step toward that goal. The Mets on Friday named Alomar the club's new catching instructor, replacing Tom Nieto, who will coach first base. Alomar batted .139 in limited duty with the Mets last season, during the final leg of a career that saw him win the 1990 Rookie of the Year Award and play in six All-Star Games. His father, Sandy Alomar Sr., is the team's third-base coach.

[Valadius]

How about that! Has there ever been a father-son coaching duo on the same team before?

[nymr83]

offhand i think schottenheimer's kid was on his staff in san diego

[Guest AG/DC]

That's cool. He can help warm guys up, and he's young enough to suit up if they're a catcher short and the Zephs are in Portland.

[Guest vtmet]

AG/DC wrote: That's cool. He can help warm guys up, and he's young enough to suit up if they're a catcher short and the Zephs are in Portland.

Technicality question here...

If you pinch hit for your catcher, and then the backup catcher gets injured or ejected during the game...can you activate a coach in the middle of the game and ship a player out (DL or AAA) and get that coach in during that game...or would you have to wait until the next game to use him?

Guys have gotten traded during a game before and showed up & played for his new team before, so I don't see why you couldn't do it...it's not fantasy baseball, where the roster is set for the day until the next day (never understood why fantasy football works for the same day pick-up when baseball doesn't)...

[Frayed Knot]

vtmet wrote: Technicality question here... If you pinch hit for your catcher, and then the backup catcher gets injured or ejected during the game...can you activate a coach in the middle of the game and ship a player out (DL or AAA) and get that coach in during that game...or would you have to wait until the next game to use him?

No

]Guys have gotten traded during a game before and showed up & played for his new team before, so I don't see why you couldn't do it..

Not during a game they haven't.

]it's not fantasy baseball, where the roster is set for the day until the next day

Yes it is

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

As a catching instructor, is he with the big club? Or does he bounce around the minors?

[Gwreck]

If his role is like Nieto's was, he will be with the big club, stationed in the bullpen.