What is a bench coach in baseball, and what does he do?
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On top of what the previous two just said they often also help to manage the personnel during a game.  In other words they would give the manager advice on player moves and also take care of the lineup card and know who is eligible to play that is on the bench, thus they are the "bench" coach.
126364
how do you play....by the rules\neasiest position........the bench warmer
398631
He was a special instructor for the Cardinals in Spring training (and also was a coach for Team Canada in the WBC), but has no particular role during the season.  It is quite common for teams to bring in retired players during Spring Training to supplement the regular coaching staff.
819401
Check out www.DiamondDreamsBaseball.com \nIt is a baseball development school with some great baseball links.
556602
what's this have to do with baseball?
513009
It's the bullPEN.  And I think it refers to the pen like holding area the the relief pitchers wait and then warm up in before joining the game.\n\nFor other theories check out the link
307316
You have too many bench batters.  Most of the time, you will have 3-5 bench batters that contribute nothing for you.  The general advice is to get more pitchers for Wins and Ks.  If youcan get some good middle relivers, they can even lower your ERA and WHIP.
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There are no offical rules on the diminsions.  The rules only state: \n\nBENCH OR DUGOUT is the seating facilities reserved for players, substitutes, one manager, and not more than two coaches when they are not actively engaged on the playing field. Batboys and/or batgirls are not permitted in Major, Minor or Tee Ball Baseball or in any Softball division. \n\nThe dimisions can be as big as you can afford to pay. (price of the bench)
255288
I'm fairly certain he is not a hitting coach.  I have heard he is doing the occasionaly fantasy camp.  He has a web site which is currently under construction...
1100821
It's called "the Oracle of Baseball", and it's on Baseball-Reference.com.  Link is below.
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It's an informal scrimmage that allows an injured pitcher to test his arm. Simulated games take place at the stadium, with two or three hitters taking turns in live at-bats against a pair of pitchers. (It may happen that both pitchers are recovering from injuries, but most of the time a healthy teammate or coach is recruited for the exercise.) There are rarely any players out in the field, and there's no umpire behind home plate. Either the bullpen catcher or the pitching coach will call balls and strikes and determine what "happens" when one of the hitters puts the ball in play. If it's a hard line drive, they might say it's a "hit"; a weak grounder would be deemed an "out."\n\nIf a pitcher gave up a hit in one of his simulated starts, he had to pitch to the next hitter as if there were someone on base—from the stretch, perhaps. He'd continue to face the same few batters until three "outs" were recorded. At the end of a simulated half-inning, the pitcher would head to the dugout and wait until the other pitcher recorded three outs.\n\nSimulated games rarely last for more than three or four innings. Sometimes stats are kept on the simulated runs and hits, but the more important figure is how many pitches were thrown. An injured player who makes a good showing in a simulated game and demonstrates that his arm has recovered might then be sent to the minor leagues for a tuneup start, or he might return to the team right away.
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He was fired as pitching coach of the Los Angeles Dodgers on 5/26/99 and replaced by Claude Osteen.  He was offered another assignment within the organization.
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what the hell does that have to do with baseball.
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Any pitcher who substitutes for the starting pitcher. \nThere's usually 11-12 pitchers to a team. 5 are starters and the rest are relievers. You've got the middle relievers for games where the game is out of reach or there's an injury, then set-up men for late inning (7-9 inn's) relief and the closer, who comes in the last inning to shut the other team down if it's close (3-4 run lead) and if he holds them, he gets a save. Sometimes he'll come in if it's tied in the 9th, too. \nRelievers are a huge part of the game today because there's way more good/powerful hitting now and way less good pitching.\nHope that helps.
1023055
What's this have to do with baseball!!?!???!???
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Fundementals, fundementals, fundementals. Work on the basics of throwing, catching and swinging the bat consistently. The more you can ingrain those basics in your team, the better they will do and the more success they will have as they move on to future levels of the game.\n\nThere are several coaching links through eteamz.com, including several message boards where you can communicate with other coaches and get ideas. But whatever you do, keep it fun. The odds are you don't have any future major leaguers on your roster, but you do have a good size group of young players who can develop a lifelong love of the game if you teach them while letting them have fun.
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This is not me, it's a friend. This actually led him to quit coaching. My friend was one of the good coaches, he let EVERYONE play. He took this kid out one day, who was good, when his team was ahead to let the not-so-athletic kid play an inning. The MOTHER of the good kid came off the stands, started screeching at him (the kids were about 9) in front of the whole game, and when he told her he was the coach, she actually swung at him, and made contact.  He had a swollen jaw for days.