Lord knows, I thought that I would never have to do another post on ex-Bucco Skipper John Russell again, but did you catch the tidbit buried in the back of the sports pages over the weekend?
It seems that Orioles Manager Buck Showalter changed some assignments on his coaching staff. Bench coach Willie Randolph moved in the third base coach's box, and JR went from the 3B assignment to become Showalter's bench coach. It seems that earlier that week, the Orioles had their pitcher on first base (interleague play, you know), and JR waived him home from first on a ball hit to the outfield, and it seems that the catcher was waiting at the plate with the ball by the time the baserunner was about halfway down the third base line.
Something tells me that this was NOT a promotion for John Russell!
And in an ironical footnote, the pitcher/baserunner in question was ex-Pirate Chris Jakaubaskus, who has to be wondering what he did to deserve being saddled with John Russell on two different teams.
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