Chris Chambliss, Robby Thompson Highlight Mariners' New Staff

by John Hickey

Filed under: Mariners

SEATTLE -- New manager Eric Wedge dug into his past and into the Mariners' recent past as well in putting together the Seattle coaching staff for the 2010 season.

The one man who doesn't figure into to Wedge's past or Seattle's is the new hitting coach Chris Chambliss, the former Yankee who has managed at Triple-A Charlotte in the White Sox organization the last two seasons.

He's been a hitting coach for the Yankees, Cardinals, Mets and Reds.

"Our professional history is across the diamond as coach and manager when I was managing," Wedge said Thursday afternoon. "I saw him when I was player, and I've known a lot of people who have known him. He's highly respected and the consummate professional. You can't go out and find anybody in baseball who hasn't said that about Chris.

"He really knows hitting. His experience will be great for us."

 

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