southsider2k5 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 BNightengale Bob Nightengale #MLB Great hire by the #Braves, who will soon announce that Greg Walker will be their new hitting coach after leaving #WhiteSox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEANS Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 "Great" hire eh? We'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPN366 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxfest Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 12:05 PM) BNightengale Bob Nightengale #MLB Great hire by the #Braves, who will soon announce that Greg Walker will be their new hitting coach after leaving #WhiteSox. I am shocked by this! Edited October 21, 2011 by Soxfest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodAsGould Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Listening to Walker on the radio over the years I can't imagine he'd give a strong interview and he obviously doesn't have the results to overcome that, interesting that he was able to land a job. Must have a friend in atlanta's front office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Who knows, his s*** might work there. All I know is that it was time for a change here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 12:20 PM) Who knows, his s*** might work there. All I know is that it was time for a change here. Exactly. Plus, if anyone watched Atlanta at the end of the season, they really couldn't hit much worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Whatever. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanne Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 12:20 PM) Who knows, his s*** might work there. All I know is that it was time for a change here. Agreed. Good for him and good luck Greg. Hope he does well. He's really not a bad guy at all...but like R44...it was just time for a change here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 "Great hire" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 He works his ass off. I just think his time had ended here. I am amazed at how so many people think he's awful and to blame whenever a player stinks. I got news for you, Rios sucks cause he sucks. Dunn sucked cause he sucks too. I am happy with a change though cause I do think the Sox needed to give the players a new voice to hear and hopefully the coaching changes will wake some guys up and help some guys out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Regardless of the people's opinion on this board, Walker is respected in the MLB community. Good luck in Atlanta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Dye Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 People need to understand that the White Sox routinely gave him low amounts of hitting talent to work with. Hitting coaches are not worthy of blame or praise. Surely not heaps of either, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Dick Allen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 12:05 PM) BNightengale Bob Nightengale #MLB Great hire by the #Braves, who will soon announce that Greg Walker will be their new hitting coach after leaving #WhiteSox. Guess the tweeter: "Great man, great coach. One day Sox fans will have an idea of what a hitting coach actually does and appreciate Walk." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I don't understand the qualifications that go into being a hitting coach after the amount of fail that has been on the Southside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 12:49 PM) Guess the tweeter: "Great man, great coach. One day Sox fans will have an idea of what a hitting coach actually does and appreciate Walk." too english to be oz COWLS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 12:49 PM) Guess the tweeter: "Great man, great coach. One day Sox fans will have an idea of what a hitting coach actually does and appreciate Walk." And maybe one day Joe will actually have an idea of what a journalist does and appreciate the work that everyone else in the Chicago media does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasox24 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 My roommate (die hard Braves fan) is pissed. And having adopted the Braves as my 2nd team (since I live in Atlanta and go to a bunch of games), I can't say I like it either. Then again, as someone previously mentioned, they hit about as bad as a team possibly could last year so anything should be an upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 12:23 PM) He works his ass off. I just think his time had ended here. I am amazed at how so many people think he's awful and to blame whenever a player stinks. I got news for you, Rios sucks cause he sucks. Dunn sucked cause he sucks too. I am happy with a change though cause I do think the Sox needed to give the players a new voice to hear and hopefully the coaching changes will wake some guys up and help some guys out. Dunn's career numbers take offense to that. And LOL at the Braves. So much for Heyward's career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjm676 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 watch the Braves lead the league in hitting next year. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 03:15 PM) watch the Braves lead the league in hitting next year. LOL. That still has the makings of a very potent offense...but it depends on their kids a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thxfrthmmrs Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 First Gordon Beckham, and now J-Hey and Freddie Freeman, if both fails next season, they have Walk to blame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaus kinski Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 It is the National League, so............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 06:28 PM) Regardless of the people's opinion on this board, Walker is respected in the MLB community. Good luck in Atlanta! As usual, I agree with Badger. Good luck to Walker. Sounds like he is totally committed to his job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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