NEW YORK - Bringing Brent Strom back into a baseball role did not require a hard sell.
"I know one thing," a smiling Strom said at Citi Field on Saturday. "This retirement job is the worst job I've ever had."
About 48 hours earlier, Strom said, his phone had rung. It was Jeff Bagwell, the Houston Astros' senior advisor and one of several executives handling baseball operations after the team parted with general manager Dana Brown this week. Bagwell asked if Strom, the 77-year-old longtime pitching coach, would be interested in rejoining the Astros as a pitching consultant for the rest of this season.
"I looked at my wife, she said, 'Do it,' and that was the answer right there," Strom said.
So after joining the Astros in New York on Friday, watching their series opener on TV in the clubhouse at Citi Field, Strom was on the field Saturday afternoon in Houston gear again, observing pitchers he will work with for the next month-plus. Manager Joe Espada described Strom as a "fresh set of eyes," who will complement pitching coach Josh Miller and ***** istant Ethan Katz down the stretch.
#bagwell
"I know one thing," a smiling Strom said at Citi Field on Saturday. "This retirement job is the worst job I've ever had."
About 48 hours earlier, Strom said, his phone had rung. It was Jeff Bagwell, the Houston Astros' senior advisor and one of several executives handling baseball operations after the team parted with general manager Dana Brown this week. Bagwell asked if Strom, the 77-year-old longtime pitching coach, would be interested in rejoining the Astros as a pitching consultant for the rest of this season.
"I looked at my wife, she said, 'Do it,' and that was the answer right there," Strom said.
So after joining the Astros in New York on Friday, watching their series opener on TV in the clubhouse at Citi Field, Strom was on the field Saturday afternoon in Houston gear again, observing pitchers he will work with for the next month-plus. Manager Joe Espada described Strom as a "fresh set of eyes," who will complement pitching coach Josh Miller and ***** istant Ethan Katz down the stretch.
#bagwell
2 months ago
