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2008 Coaching Staff of the Dodgers

The 2008 Major League coaching staff of the LA Dodgers was announced as well as the hiring of Rick Ragazzo as the Special Assistant to the General Manager, according to Dodger General Manager Ned Colletti and Manager Joe Torre.

Moreover, the staff will also include former American League MVP Don Mattingly, who will take over as the hitting coach; former Dodger pitcher and minor league pitching coach Ken Howell, who will serve as the bullpen coach; former Phillies All-Star and 2001 Manager of the Year Larry Bowa as the third base coach; veteran Major League coach Bob Schaefer, who will be Torre's bench coach; former Dodger left-hander and 21-year big league veteran Rick Honeycutt, who will be back for his third season as the pitching coach and former Dodger infielder Mariano Duncan, who will return for his third season as the first base coach. The coaching staff had 70 years of Major League playing experience and 37 years of Major League coaching or managing experience, with 38 playoff appearances, 10 pennants and four World Championships.

Don Mattingly was one of the best hitters of his era, compiling a .307 batting average, 222 homers and 1,099 in 13 seasons for the New York Yankees. He is a nine-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner and owns the highest career fielding percentage of any first baseman in American League History (.9958). In addition, he took home the 1984 AL batting title (.343) and won the 1985 AL MVP Award when he cracked 35 homers and drove in a league-leading 145 runs. The six-time All-Star served as Joe Torre's bench coach in New York last season and was the Yankees' batting coach from 2004-06, leading the squad to a Major League-best 930 runs scored in 2006. In his first season as a big league coach in 2004, Mattingly guided the Yankees' hitters to an all-time franchise record of 242 home runs. His son, Preston, just completed his first season in the Dodger organization after being drafted as a supplemental first-round pick in 2006.

On the other hand Larry Bowa enters his 21st season as a Major League manager or coach, having spent the past two seasons as the third base coach for the New York Yankees after taking a year off to work for ESPN's Baseball Tonight in 2005. Prior to that, he spent four seasons at the helm of the Philadelphia Phillies, where he compiled 337 wins, good for ninth on the franchise list, while taking home the 2001 Manager of the Year Award in leading Philadelphia to its first winning season in eight years. In addition, Bowa also managed the San Diego Padres (1987-88) and spent 12 years as a Major League coach for the Phillies (1988-96), Angels (1997-99) and Mariners (2000). He enjoyed a 16-year playing career as a shortstop with the Phillies, Cubs and Mets in which he won two Gold Gloves (1972, '78), appeared in five All-Star games and retired with the NL record for the highest fielding percentage at the position (.980).

However, Bob Schaefer was the Oakland Athletics' bench coach last season after spending 2006 as a Special Assistant to the General Manager in Atlanta. Prior to that, he was the Kansas City Royals' bench coach in 1991 and from 2002-05. He also worked as Kansas City's first base coach from 1988-90. Schaefer, from Connecticut, has seven seasons of Minor League managerial experience and was named the South Atlantic League's Manager of the Year in 1980 and '81 and Eastern League Manager of the Year in 1986. Bob Schaefer was Don Mattingly's first minor league manager with Greensboro in 1980 and has also served as a Special Assistant to the general manager with Baltimore (1999-2001) and a Director of Player Development for the Boston Red Sox (1994-98). Ken Howell, will be on a Major League coaching staff for the first time after spending the previous two seasons as the pitching coach for the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s, following one season with Double-A Jacksonville, where he fostered the growth of Chad Billingsley and Jonathan Broxton, among others. He also spent three seasons as the pitching coach for the Single-A Vero Beach Dodgers before moving up the ladder. Howell appeared in 235 games as a big leaguer, going 38-48 with a 3.95 ERA.

On the other hand, Rick Honeycutt, will get on his third season with the LA Dodgers after guiding the staff to the sixth-best ERA in the league in 2007 and the fourth-best in 2006. The left-hander pitched 21 seasons in the Major Leagues, including five with the Dodgers (1983-87) and appeared in 797 games, the 33rd-highest total in big league history. Honeycutt, who spent 2001-05 as the Dodgers' minor league pitching coordinator, led the American League in ERA in 1983 while earning a spot on the All-Star team. Mariano Duncan, enters his third season as the team’s first base coach after one year coaching stints with the Gulf Coast League Dodgers (2003), Double-A Jacksonville Suns (2004) and Triple-A Las Vegas 51s (2005). He earned National League All-Star honors with the team of Phillies in 1994 and was a member of the World Champion 1990 Reds.

Finally, Rick Ragazzo comes to the LA Dodgers after spending the previous 17 seasons in the Giants' organization, 11 of those as their Director of International Operations. He will be in charge of Major League scouting as well as assisting the General Manager with Major League decisions.

Through the years, the LA Dodgers have proven that they have the best coaching staff. Let us wait and see what’s in store for the said coaches as we see their games this upcoming season.

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