NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees, hobbled in the early season by a string of injuries to the pitching staff, have dismissed their conditioning coach, according to media reports Wednesday in New York.
The New York Times reported that general manager Brian Cashman would discuss the move before Wednesday night's game at Texas.
Marty Miller, who took the title "director of performance enhancement" when he joined the team this winter, was fired the day after rookie Phil Hughes strained his hamstring in the seventh inning after six innings of no-hit ball. Media reports cited unidentified Yankees sources in reporting the firing.
Manager Joe Torre said he expected Hughes, 20, to be sidelined four to six weeks.
Two other Yankees starting pitchers -- Chien-Ming Wang and Mike Mussina -- landed on the disabled list with hamstring injuries this season, as has outfielder Hideki Matsui.
Injuries have contributed to a poor start for the Yankees, who have the worst record in the American League East at 10-14.
On Monday, club owner George Steinbrenner issued a vote of confidence in manager Torre, who some observers believed was in danger of being fired.
Miller, 34, was unpopular with some players, and several had opted out of his program, which de-emphasized running as a way to build leg strength and abandoned certain stretching exercises used by his predecessor.
Yankees fire conditioning coach after six hamstring injuries
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dont be surprised if the firing of McRae comes soon... only problem is they would want to bring in someone that is a proven hitting coach or at least has some history..
we would all love to see Walker, Clark, etc come in but there are reasons they havent already been brought into teams... they can teach but are more naturals when it comes to hitting...
that being said I hope McRae goes soon cause it will then hopefully wake these guys up..
Looks like McRae is saying to them "do whatever you guys want hitting... we know it will be back"... course we aren't sure really what is going on...
we would all love to see Walker, Clark, etc come in but there are reasons they havent already been brought into teams... they can teach but are more naturals when it comes to hitting...
that being said I hope McRae goes soon cause it will then hopefully wake these guys up..
Looks like McRae is saying to them "do whatever you guys want hitting... we know it will be back"... course we aren't sure really what is going on...
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FWIW, firing the conditioning coach is a typical Steinbrenner move. He nearly fired the trainers - all of them - in 1978 when the Yankees were facing a similar situation with a lot of key injuries in the first half of the season.
Once the threat came down from the Boss, the injuries stopped - and the Yankees won the World Series.
Management through intimidation.
Once the threat came down from the Boss, the injuries stopped - and the Yankees won the World Series.
Management through intimidation.
