Another ex-major leaguer on coaching staff
His major-league career ran from 1992 through 1998. Tatum played in 172 major-league games, including a career-high 92 for the expansion Colorado Rockies in 1993. In 14 minor-league seasons, including eight at Class AAA, Tatum played in more than 1,200 games with a .292 batting average and 152 home runs.
"Jimmy Tatum has spent 19 seasons as a professional player. His experience and success will help our offense tremendously," Wild Things manager Chris Bando said.
Tatum's task will be to improve Washington's offense, which ranked last in the Frontier League in batting average, runs and walks last year.
Tatum, like many on the Wild Things' coaching staff and roster, is from San Diego.
The Wild Things will have a four-player coaching staff: Bando, Tatum, Lenny Randle and Tim Ferguson. Each is new to the Wild Things and Frontier League.
During an interview with the Observer-Reporter last summer, Wild Things owner Stu Williams said a priority for 2012 was to have a coaching staff with plenty of major-league experience. Bando, Randle and Tatum each played in the major leagues. In their first 10 seasons, the Wild Things had only three coaches/managers who played in the big leagues: Kent Tekulve, Joe Charboneau and Greg Jelks. Bando, Randle and Tutum played in a combined 1,809 major-league games and had 2,435 at-bats in The Show.
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posted by Chris Dugan at
2:36 PM
6 Comments:
Hell, you could hire Tona LaRussa if you could. If the kids can't execute it doesn't make a hill of beans difference.
When will the Frontier League be renamed? It think it should be call the Williams Instructional League.
He seems to be wanting to be the George Stienbrenner of Indy baseball. Money can buy almost anything and Williams has plenty of that. Of course, he doesn't hand out too mant pay raises either.
Well he has Major-League expirene but NO COACHING EXPIRENCE!!!!
I thought expirene was a banned substance in baseball. Isn't it some sort of steroid?
Chris:
You forgot Mark Dewey.
I believe he had considerable major league experience including time with the Pirates.
It's all just a bunch of hype.
Yup, just like in the past with the the WT. All talk - no action.
Scott Beveridge wrote a BS article about the WT in the O-R on Friday the 27th. Some joker actually responded to that article by saying there was good baseball involved at a WT game. Talk about mindless, or just plain brainwashed by the hype.
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