DiSar going back to Boston

[totdprods]

He will be their new bench coach. Wonder if we will just move Alfredo back or hire a new 1B coach.

[Billy_Ball]

Wouldn't be surprised if Griffin move back to 1B coach.  Best of luck to DiSarcina.

[Chuck]

Good riddance...

[ukyah]

nothing against him personally, but not sorry to see him go.

[fanfromday1]

If they're going to hire someone to take DiSar's place, I hope they make it a former Angel player. Someone like Grich, Salmon, Erstad, etc. When Mike Scioscia was hired years ago he brought in mostly X- Dodger players as his coaches and that really disappointed me. I know over the years, Bobby Knopp, Rod Carew, & DiSarcina have been on the Angels staff for short periods of time. So I think now is a good time to hire a former Angel player or two and bring back a little tradition to this team. No more Hatcher's or Belcher's (sp).

[Second Base]

Seriously, the worst base coach I've ever seen.  Ever.  The kids in little league that put on a helmet and coach third base or first base show better judgement. 

[Guest]

Excellent news.

[LooneyPlatoons]

2 hours ago, Billy_Ball said:

Wouldn't be surprised if Griffin move back to 1B coach.  Best of luck to DiSarcina.

I hope not, he would take naps out there sometimes

[eligrba]

The Angel brain drain continues.....

Fortunately the Angels' medulla oblongata stills remains intact.

[Blarg]

This was a drain but only puss. He was the worst Angels 3rd base coach I've ever seen. They were better off with a highway cone than Discar.

 

[IEAngelsfan]

You knew this was inevitable.

I always felt his allegiance was torn between the Angels and growing up in Mass. and being a Red Sox fan.

[Inside Pitch]

On 11/11/2016 at 2:03 PM, fanfromday1 said:

I know over the years, Bobby Knopp, Rod Carew, & DiSarcina have been on the Angels staff for short periods of time. So I think now is a good time to hire a former Angel player or two and bring back a little tradition to this team. No more Hatcher's or Belcher's (sp).

Knoop was around for 15+ years  Carew for 9, so it was more than a short time for both of those guys -- they were pretty much mainstays...    I'd love to see Bobby Grich come on as a full time coach.  I know he's a part of the Angels family and does a lot of events, so maybe it's a case of his just never having wanted the grind of being a MLB coach, but he has over the years helped guys end slumps and if there was ever a guy who had a fire for the game it was Grich...   Chili Davis and Bobby Grich have long been my favorite targets for future coaches.   Langston might be another guy who could make that jump to coaching.   I'm betting Salmon goes into coaching once his kids are out of school.

[Stradling]

Had a feeling ip would post in this thread. 

[tdawg87]

Hopefully he becomes the 3rd base coach there and waves Pedroia into oncoming traffic.

[California Cajun]

Third base coach to first base coach is a demotion. Base coach to bench coach is a promotion. 

[Inside Pitch]

7 hours ago, Stradling said:

Had a feeling ip would post in this thread. 

LOL..  and I said nothing mean about Disar.

[Tank]

jeff mathis, come on down!!

[Stradling]

8 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

LOL..  and I said nothing mean about Disar.

That's the strangest part. 

[ABC]

Massive promotion. 

[disarcina]

DiSAR has been Yo-Yo like between the BoSox organization and the Halos organization.

Obviously, I am a huge DiSAR fan dating back to when the Halos had that huge lead in the AL West - 1995? -- and DiSar went down with injury and the team went South. (We came back for that one game playoff in Seattle Kingdome that did not go well for us).  Back in those days, DiSar was guy with decent stats, not really that great of a defensive SS -- I mean he wasn't O-Cab or Aybar -- but not bad either -he was above average and the most important feature he brought was that when his name was penciled into the Halos line up - the Halos won.

Having said all this -- as Halos fans know, DiSar was perhaps one of the worst Third Base coaches of all time.  In a year AFTER the "Posey Rule" of not allowing catchers to block home plate anymore (think of Mike Scioscia in his hey-day behind the dish with the Dodgers -- he played catcher like a linebacker) -- the 'Posey Rule" translates into MAJOR ADVANTAGE BASE RUNNER rounding third trying to score -- and the year after that rule with DiSar manning third base coaching box -- Halos have MORE guys thrown out at the plate than I can ever remember -- TWO YEARS IN A ROW!!

So they move DiSar over to first base coach -- and while fewer mistakes made there (by virtue of less opportunity to make mistakes) DiSar not stellar there either.

Usually third base coaches become managers. I once saw DiSar as a future manager of the Halos -- at this point after his experience as a Halos base coach, third and first base, I really don't see DiSar managing anywhere in MLB. 

That's hard for me to say about the guy whose name inserted into the Halos  starting line up led to victories.

[Blarg]

He was one of Jerry's Saber smart hires.

[Lou]

On November 11, 2016 at 11:03 AM, fanfromday1 said:

If they're going to hire someone to take DiSar's place, I hope they make it a former Angel player. Someone like Grich, Salmon, Erstad, etc. When Mike Scioscia was hired years ago he brought in mostly X- Dodger players as his coaches and that really disappointed me. I know over the years, Bobby Knopp, Rod Carew, & DiSarcina have been on the Angels staff for short periods of time. So I think now is a good time to hire a former Angel player or two and bring back a little tradition to this team. No more Hatcher's or Belcher's (sp).

the former Halos haven't been anything to write home about either. 

you can include Don Baylor on that list.

the only one I'd like to see (of those with experience) is Chili Davis. 

[Lou]

On November 11, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Scotty@AW said:

Seriously, the worst base coach I've ever seen.  Ever.  The kids in little league that put on a helmet and coach third base or first base show better judgement. 

I can't even think of anyone else who comes close

[Angel Oracle]

Chili Davis has always been a solid hitting coach.