Wednesday, January 13, 2010

He did it his way: Matt Sinatro out as 1st base coach.

Today the Cubs announced that Ivan DeJesus will be taking over as 1st base coach for the 2010 season.

Those cubs of the early 80's sure had fun!

He replaces part time coach, part time lounge singer, Matt Sinatro.

He didn't hold on to Theriot's leash tight enough.

Sinatro was a bit of a character out at first...but didn't do much else out there.  DeJesus is probably there to try to help a less than stellar base-running team get a little better on the base-pads in 2010.  Or, at the very least, tether Ryan Theriot to the first base bag after get gets a base hit.

Sinatro will continue to work on his singing career and work as an instructor in the system, but will not be in the dugout during games.