Former major league players and very long time Twins coach Rick Stelmaszek died from cancer:
Stelmaszek spent 32 seasons as a Twins coach from 1981 to 2012. He was the longest-tenured coach in Twins history and third-longest with a single team in major league history.
Stelmaszek was bullpen coach under Billy Gardner, Ray Miller, Tom Kelly and Ron Gardenhire, and helped the Twins reach the postseason eight times.
The team recently announced that Stelmaszek would receive the Herb Carneal Lifetime Achievement Award, to be presented in January.
My thoughts go out to his family and friends.
He was a light-hitting catcher who could draw a walk in his brief major league career, batting .170/.302/.239 in 108 PA. He would up on the Twins A team at age 29, and moved in coaching shortly after.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2zi4Lih
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