Per Carrie Muskat, Chris Bosio will be the Cubs new pitching coach. The official announcement will be next week.
Bosio pitched with the Mariners and Brewers, no-hitting the Red Sox in 1993. He retired in 1998 and has largely worked in pitching instruction since. He worked with the Mariners minor league organization as a pitching coach after retirement, and later followed Lou to become the pitching coach for the Devil Rays in 2003. He left for personal reasons and moved to Wisconsin, working with various college teams there (including Lawrence University, which is full of douchebags based on the sample size of one alumni that I know from there). After a few years he worked in the Reds organization, and later became pitching coach for the Brewers in the second half of the 2009 season. Mike Maddux bumped him from that position and he became an advanced scout for the team.
John at Cubs Den has a lot more info than my hamfisted Wikipedia summary thanks to an article in an Appleton paper published earlier this afternoon. Sveum and Bosio are old pals from their playing days and from their time with the Brewers. He had this to say about Z
There’s a reason he has a 125-81 career record,’’ said Bosio. “He’s overpowering at times and he’s a competitor first and foremost. Those are great qualities to have when you’re looking for a front-line starting pitcher. But he lets his emotions get the best of him. That’s what makes him tick, but he has to get those under control a little more. Like a lot of guys with high emotions, he can be his own worst enemy. At times he’s strung too tight.’
The article also mentions that if Brenly good luck charm Craig Counsell decides to hang em up this year, he’ll likely be brought in to the coaching staff. Hopefully he won’t be the Special Assistant In Charge of Batting Stances.
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Agreed. I want this guy.
GBTSQuote Reply
(dying laughing) @ his Alou.
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS](dying laughing) @ his Alou.[/quote]Did he pee on his hands?
/didn’t watch vid yet but will
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS](dying laughing) @ his Alou.[/quote]That’s about right/correct (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Although, wasn’t Counsell a good defender? Maybe he can help the Cubs players figure that out, at least.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I hope he is. At least when the team is bad it will be entertaining to watch those stances. Not the old Counsell stance. I want the young Counsell stance. That was insane.
mb21Quote Reply
Well played, josh.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Oh, you said Bosio.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]
Well played, josh.[/quote]That’s not me. I’m also not the guy who writes minor league summaries at BCB.
binkyQuote Reply
[quote name=josh]That’s not me. I’m also not the guy who writes minor league summaries at BCB.[/quote]But you are the third base prospect for the Cubs, right?
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]But you are the third base prospect for the Cubs, right?[/quote]
His dick is.
GWQuote Reply
[quote name=GW]His dick is.[/quote](dying laughing) is Vitters the 7th ranked prospect?
mb21Quote Reply
Bosio was a better pitcher than Mark Riggins or Larry Rothschild, so he must be a better pitching coach, right?
ACTQuote Reply
[quote name=ACT]Bosio was a better pitcher than Mark Riggins or Larry Rothschild, so he must be a better pitching coach, right?[/quote]False. But maybe correct.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Is anyone bored enough to be watching this Oregon-UCLA game? If so, who the hell is that announcer, and why the hell is he so damn dramatic in a game that’s not really close!?!?!
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
[quote name=GW]His dick is.[/quote]My dick is John Malkovich wearing a John Malkovich beard repeated ad infinum. His lack of mustache mirrors the baldness of his head. The smallest Malkovich consumes the biggest, forming a Uroboros of Malkoviches. Makes it difficult to masturbate.
binkyQuote Reply
[quote name=josh]My dick is John Malkovich wearing a John Malkovich beard repeated ad infinum. His lack of mustache mirrors the baldness of his head. The smallest Malkovich consumes the biggest, forming a Uroboros of Malkoviches. Makes it difficult to masturbate.[/quote]I haven’t read this much insight on a Cubs blog since http://survivingthecubs.wordpress.com/
Suburban kid 2 or 288Quote Reply
[quote name=Suburban kid 2 or 288]I haven’t read this much insight on a Cubs blog since http://survivingthecubs.wordpress.com/%5B/quote%5D
That’s got nothing on the paragon of insight that was Lakeview Nights. Or another blog I recently enjoyed, Can The Cubs Mend My Heart.
BerseliusQuote Reply
For some reason I thought Bosio was being interviewed for the bench coach gig. Who has that job?
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]For some reason I thought Bosio was being interviewed for the bench coach gig. Who has that job?[/quote]Jamie Quirk. I totally forgot about that piece of news.
Too much news!
Suburbankid 22Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]For some reason I thought Bosio was being interviewed for the bench coach gig. Who has that job?[/quote]
Listach is sticking around. It was mentioned in one of the Bosio articles.
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Listach is sticking around. It was mentioned in one of the Bosio articles.[/quote]
Wait, nevermind it is Quirk. I do remember seeing something about Listach staying though.
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]
Well played, josh.[/quote]Kim DeJesus won’t make the mistake of texting him again.
fang2415Quote Reply
Listach will be a base coach.
Suburbankid 22Quote Reply
Manager: Sveum
Pitching coach: Bosio
Hitting coach: Jaramillo
Bench coach: Quirk
Bullpen coach: Strode
Base coach: Listach
Base coach: ?
One last spot to fill on the field staff it appears. I wonder who Sveum’s Sinatro will be?
Suburbankid 22Quote Reply
The base coach could be Counsell if he retires.
mb21Quote Reply
I updated the payroll page, which you can find on the menu.
mb21Quote Reply
New stuff:
http://obstructedview.net/chicago-cubs/articles/ron-santo-and-the-hof.html
AndCountingQuote Reply