FREE GENE LAMONT: Tigers' 3rd base coach to interview for Red Sox managerial job
by BigAl on Nov 8, 2011 6:37 PM EST
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PrintTigers fans may not have Jim Leyland's long-time 3rd base coach, top strategist and sidekick, Gene Lamont, to kick around much longer. He is reportedly interviewing with the Red Sox and new GM Ben Cherington for their open managerial job.
For those of you who have it in for Lamont, I wouldn't get your hopes up. It seems he's one of a cast of thousands the Red Sox are interviewing. It's damn near a cattle call.
Indians bench coach Sandy Alomar Jr. will interview for the post at Fenway Park on Wednesday.
Torey Lovullo, who managed Boston's Triple-A Pawtucket affiliate in 2010 and was the first-base coach for the Blue Jays this past season, will interview on Friday.
Tigers third-base coach Gene Lamont, who filled that same role for the Red Sox in 2001, will get his chance to speak with Cherington about the job on Saturday.
The Red Sox have already interviewed Phillies bench coach Pete Mackanin and Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum.
And yes, that is former Tiger Torey Lovullo. Sparky Anderson fell in love with Lovullo back in spring training 1989, handing him the starting 1st base job. Lovullo proceeded to hit .115 and was sent down in mid-May, never to return to Detroit. It was deja vu all over again, if you remember Chris Pittaro.
As for Lamont, the Red Sox wanting to interview the baseball lifer isn't a huge surprise, if you look at his background. Lamont does have plenty of big league managerial experience, piloting the White Sox from 1992-95, leading them to the playoffs in 1993. He then took over the Pirates from 1997–2000, only to be replaced by...Lloyd McClendon.
Small world, isn't it?
To make an educated guess, this is much ado about nothing. I don't think the Red Sox would hire a coach Boston fans would feel is one, a retread member of the good ol' boy network, and two, not big enough of a name. Talking to Lamont is the Red Sox doing their due diligence, nothing more.
Not to worry, Lamont fans. I'm sure he will be back on the Tigers' bench next season, hanging out with Leyland, and getting runners thrown out at the plate.
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i'm waiving lamont to boston
my guess is that he’ll fall about 50 people short of the job.
Ugh
If Lamont gets this job, I’ll have to learn the name of the new scapegoat to blame any time a Tiger runner gets thrown out at home or gets held at third.
Hah
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Who's on 3rd?
I guess they’ll hafta put Brookens back @ 3rd. Maybe we’ll finally get sum1 who’s a bit more agressive, but not w/ Gordo Tortuga (fat turtle) runners, who odviously aren’t gonna score. But overall, there seems 2 b no anxiousness in tryin 2 score.
Who invited the 14 yr old girl with her cell phone?
I’d rather not worry about texting lingo here.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by momotigers on Nov 10, 2011 6:23 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Lamont has a nice resume
Former Catcher
Detroit Tigers 1st round draft pick in 1965.
5 seasons as MLB player
8 years MLB manager
9 years minor league manager
17 years MLB 3B coach
All that Experience and he was the 1993 Manager of the Year.
If the Tigers were looking for a new manager, I think Lamont would be an ideal candidate.
I get the feeling they won't hire him b/c it will be another compensation issue
and I mean that we will probably also have to give them prospects to take him because there is no way Leyland will ever get rid of him on his own
by WorldSeriesTiger on Nov 8, 2011 7:44 PM EST reply actions
I'd give them Gene Lamont for some beer and fried chicken...
"You, on the other hand, make Eeyore look like Rainbow Brite." -johnmoz
"I think of you more as the blue book style essay of sports journalism."-Kurt Mensching
Contributor, Bless You Boys
by David Tokarz on Nov 8, 2011 8:16 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
1993 was a long time ago, but . . .
. . . Gene Lamont sure seemed like a competent manager back then.
FREE GENE LAMONT
rings out either
A) as a plea of desperation
B) as a grocery store worker shouting about complimentary samples
I prefer to think of it as the latter.
“Free Gene Lamont! Hello sir, would you like to try Gene Lamont? We’re selling him for practically nothing in aisle 3!”
FREE GENE LAMONT with purchase of ...
oh hell just take him.
by Kurt Mensching on Nov 9, 2011 9:28 AM EST up reply actions
Let him go
If it improves his career, then more power too him. But he’s basically diving into a shark tank if he gets that job.
It sounds like Lamont's interview went well
He’s by far the most experienced candidate. I’d say it’s down to him or Pete Mackanin, the bench coach for the Phillies. The other guys (Torey Lovullo, Sandy Alomar Jr.,and Dale Sveum) just seem too under-qualified.
If he gets the job, who should be our new 3B coach? Phil Nevin?
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