Bogar hired by Red Sox
Tim Bogar, the Rays quality assurance coach, has been hired by the Red Sox to be their first base coach.
"It's a great honor not only to join the Red Sox organization but to work with a manager of (Terry Francona's) stature," Bogar said in a conference call. "Hopefully I'll bring something to (Francona's) staff that can help. It was a great process. I really enjoyed going through it."
In his role as assistant last season, Bogar, 44, worked on advance series preparation, as well as dealing with infield defense and baserunning.
Bogar played nine seasons in the major leagues (Mets 1993-96), Astros (1997-2000) and Dodgers (2001), mostly as shortstop, but has played all the infield positions, as well as the outfield. He also spent four years as minor league manager before joining the Rays.
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The Sux will stop at nothing to buy their way back to the top.the Rays should get a no compete in the east clause when they sign coaches.
Posted by: Harold | December 01, 2008 at 11:55 AM
That's really unfortunate. With the Rays bringing back nearly the same team (1-2 differences in the lineup, maybe), he will give the Sox a big advantage. Smart move by th Sox - trying to figure out why the Rays didn't keep the guy. I can't blame the guy for taking an upward career move though. I wish him a second place finish in 2009.
Posted by: 9equals8.com | November 30, 2008 at 08:43 PM
Traitor.
Posted by: Caleb | November 30, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Whatever.
Posted by: WS | November 29, 2008 at 11:40 PM