The Baltimore Orioles have hired former MLB pitcher Dave Wallace to be their new pitching coach. Wallace, 66, has been around for awhile, if no ones heard of him before. The first became a MLB pitching coach for the New York Mets, from 1999-2000. He later became the Boston Red Sox pitching coach in 2003, until August 2006. After that, he worked for the Houston Astros, Seattle Mariners, and most recently the Atlanta Braves. He worked for the Los Angeles Dodgers after he retired as a player, and he's been given credit for developing some pretty good pitchers over the years, just to name a few of the names who he helped are: Orel Hershiser, Pedro Martinez, Ramon Martinez, Hideo Nomo, and Chan Ho Park.
It seems like the Orioles may have found a pretty good pitching coach. Wallace replaces Rick Adair, who left the Orioles back in August for personal reasons. Regardless, Wallace at least has a proven track record for the Orioles to work from. Will he be good for them as their pitching coach? Time will tell, but the Orioles have the talent in their pitchers, with likes of Chris Tillman and a few others. And back in 2000, the New York Mets went to the World Series with Wallace as their pitching coach, even though they lost to the New York Yankees.
As for myself, it looks like a good hire by the Orioles.
