새로운 타격코치 후보

Three-time All-Star Chili Davis is serving as a hitting instructor at the Dodgers' Arizona instructional league, which could lead to a job on the Major League staff as a hitting coach.
3번의 올스타경력이 있는 칠리 데이비스(Chili Bavis)가 내년 다저스의 타격코치 후보로 떠오르고 있다고 합니다. 그는 현재 애리조나 교육리그에서 타격 인스트럭터를 담당하고 있다는 군요.

Davis, who ranks fourth on the all-time list for home runs by a switch-hitter with 350, has been out of organized baseball since his 1999 retirement from the Yankees, where he won two World Series playing for Joe Torre.
3번의 챔피언스링을 가지고 있는데, 그 중 2개는 토레가 이끌던 양키스시절에 받은 것이라네요. 그리고 통산 350HR은 스위치히터로써 4위의 기록이라고 합니다.

He was hitting coach for the Australian national team for three years, he has interviewed for several other coaching positions and he's currently listed as a recently hired coach at the instructional league, being held at the organization's Camelback Ranch-Glendale complex.

"I wanted to get back in the game," the 50-year-old Davis said Thursday. "Now I've got one foot in the door."

The Dodgers have not confirmed any members of new manager Don Mattingly's coaching staff. General manager Ned Colletti has said he wants to announce the entire staff when it's completed.

However, from all indications the staff will include these holdovers from Torre's staff: pitching coach Rick Honeycutt, bullpen coach Ken Howell and longtime hitting instructor Manny Mota.

Bench coach Bob Schaefer announced earlier this month that he won't return. Base coaches Larry Bowa and Mariano Duncan are not likely to return.
콜레티는 다저스의 코칭스텝이 완성된 이후에 발표하기를 원하지만, 아직 코치 인선이 하나도 되지 않은 상태죠. 작년기준으로 코치들 중 모두가 떠난다고 하니...

Tim Wallach, manager of the Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate at Albuquerque, is expected to be Mattingly's third-base coach. The Dodgers declined a request by the Toronto Blue Jays to interview Wallach for their managing job. Apparently, as part of his new deal with the Dodgers, Wallach has a limited number of clubs with which he can interview and Toronto is not among them.
일단 얼마전 계약을 했던 팀 월랙의 경우 여전히 보직이 미정이지만, 3루코치가 될 가능성이 높아졌다고 합니다. 월랙이 담당할 수 있는 쪽은 벤치코치와 타격코치도 있었지만, 벤치코치는 매팅리의 일천한 감독경력으로 인해 경험많은 벤치코치를 원하기에 안될 것이고, 04~05시즌에 이미 다저스의 타격코치를 했었던 월랙이기에 반기지 않는 분위기 같습니다.

실제로 04와 05시즌에 다저스의 타격은 NL에서 득점 9위/12위, 2루타 16위/11위, 홈런 4위(벨트레때문임)/11위, 타율 10위/15위, 출루율 8위/10위, 장타율 8위/14위를 기록하면서 트레이시감독과 같이 짤렸던 적이 있습니다.

월랙이 항상 강조하는 타석에서의 선구안은 실제로 그가 타격코치였을때 제대로 성적이 나오질 않았습니다. 해서 타격코치쪽으로는 애초에 생각하지 않았는지도 모르겠네요.  

Mattingly and Colletti are believed close to deciding on a bench coach, probably one with Major League managing experience.
일단 매팅리와 콜레티가 바라는 경험많은 벤치코치쪽은 거의 결정나는 분위기라네요. 누군지라도 소스조차 없는데...

Davis said his role in the organization hasn't been defined. But he met with Colletti last spring seeking an on-field assignment and he arranged with assistant general manager DeJon Watson to take a trip with Albuquerque during the season, which led to his presence in Glendale. He said for the better part of the last decade he's been dabbling in the business world.

"But that's not what I know," Davis said. "I know this game. I love this game. If everything else has to wait, I'm happier doing this than what I've been doing. Working with the players is more gratifying. I know the frustrations and I persevered as a player."

The Jamaican-born Davis grew up in Los Angeles, went to Dorsey High School and was drafted by the Giants. He played 19 seasons in the Majors: seven seasons in San Francisco, followed by two stints (seven seasons) with the Angels sandwiched around two years in Minnesota (where he won his first World Series). After the second tour with the Angels, he played one year in Kansas City before joining Torre on the Yankees' World Series title teams of 1998 and '99.
암튼 자마이카 출신인 칠리 데이비스는 고등학교를 LA쪽에서 나왔다고 하네요. 하지만, SF에서 뛰었다는...

Davis was known to be a professional hitter, durable player and solid clubhouse influence, especially as a mentor to younger players.
몇 일전에 토니 잭슨이 '2011년 다저스의 11가지 의문'이란 글을 썼는데, 거기에서 리더가 없다고 했는데, 코치에게 이런걸 바라야 하는 상황이 왔는지도 모르겠습니다. 암튼 젊은 선수들에게 맨토역할을 잘했었다네요.

Another new, but familiar, face at instructional league is Matt Herges, hired by the Dodgers as a Minor League pitching instructor. The 40-year-old Herges came up through the Dodgers organization and pitched for them and seven other Major League clubs. He spent 2010 at Triple-A for Kansas City.
그외에 몇일전에 로열스로부터 방출당한 맷 허지스(Matt Herges)가 다저스 마이너 피칭 인스트럭터로 고용되었다고 합니다. 웃돈을 줘서라도 데이브 월라스를 데려오는게 더 옳은 선택일지도 모르겠습니다.