The coaching staff

Tanner and Russell are out. Russell, I'm not so surprised about. I thought maybe Tracy would keep Tanner around since the bullpen wasn't AWFUL (well, Mesa was, but no one could help that, it wasn't Tanner's fault Lloyd kept calling for the Table) and to keep some Western PA connections in his coaching staff, you know, a familiar face for the fans that don't trust the new guy. Then again, I guess we don't trust the old guys either.

We don't know much else about the new coaching staff, except that Jim Lett will be on it, either as bench coach or third base coach (he was Tracy's bench coach in LA but Glenn Hoffman, Tracy's thirdbase coach in LA, may not come with him). Also joining the Jim convention will be Jim Colborn, filling the capacity of pitching coach, as he did in LA. The Big Jim says he wants to get the staff filled in as quickly as possible, presumably when more people named Jim become available.