Going, Going Gone Kevin Seitzer

Kevin Seitzer, the hitting coach for the Dbacks, has been fired. I take this as great news and am very excited for the future. I am not here to bitch about KS, but I will, who had this talent laden team batting near the bottom of every major offensive statistic. KS was hired last October after running a very successful batting cage facility in Kansas City. With no major league baseball experience he was the new Dbacks hitting coach. In the spring, when KS has very little chance to impact the current Dbacks, they were leading spring training in most all offensive stats. As the season(April) began we started to hit less but we were still getting key hits to win many games and still managed to lead the ML in hitting % with runners in scoring position. KS has said many times that his hitting theory would not fit on paper, so as this long drawn out theory started to permeate the brains of our young hitters, the production steadily declined. The Dbacks started May in a hitting slump and struggled until a new double A hitter arrived and instantly brought his bat, and offense, with him. Mark Reynolds carried this team on a winning streak and vaulted the Dbacks into first place in late May and early June. Then KS started working on 'The Sheriff' with his biblical length hitting instructions and thus ruined him. KS has lowered the offensive stats for every single young hitter that the Dbacks have. They are currently hitting only .248 and getting lower by the week.

Que the music of the heavens opening - AhhhhLAAAhhhhhh

Let Rick Schu at them, the new hitting coach and the 2004 Dbacks hitting coach. Now that team will not be mistaken for the '27 Yankees, but at least he has some experience. The '04 team also had no talent, and I mean no talent. Payback for the '01 World Series. Anyway, Rick go get the hitters and do your magic. And by Magic, I mean vacuum every young hitters brain of any and all evidence of Kevin Seitzer. Let these kids hit, not think. They have consistently gotten worse throughout the year because they are thinking way to much. Let the talent flow. Tracy, Jackson, Young, Quentin, Drew, Hairston, and Callaspo all hit well over .300 in the minors and some in the majors. Do not let them think anymore, let them do. They have the know how, just let them hit. Rick Schu should have the easiest job of the year. The rest of the year we should see a gradual comeback of the offensive stats hopefully ending in a red hot September which would lead to an interesting October. Good riddance to Kevin and here's to Rick saying nothing but 'nice home run kid'.