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11-08-2002, 05:24 PM
Associated Press
November 8, 2002, 3:07 PM CST
Bruce Kimm is switching sides.
Kimm, the Chicago Cubs' interim manager for the second half of last season, was hired Friday as third base coach of the White Sox.
He will be reunited with White Sox manager Jerry Manuel, a teammate in the Detroit Tigers organization.
"We won a championship at Evansville in 1974, were rookies together with the Tigers in 1976, and then were coaches with the Marlins when we won the World Series in 1997, so it's great to work with him again," Manuel said. "Bruce will be a great addition both on and off the field."
Manuel also hired Rafael Santana, the shortstop on the New York Mets' 1986 World Series champions, as his first base coach.
After a successful stint as the Cubs' Triple-A manager in Iowa, Kimm replaced Don Baylor on July 6. But the team had far more problems than Kimm could fix, and he was fired the last day of the season after going 33-45.
The Cubs finished 67-95, their third 90-loss season in four years.
Kimm, 51, is a former major league catcher whose biggest claim to fame was catching all 29 of Mark "The Bird" Fidrych's starts in Detroit during the pitcher's Rookie of the Year season in 1976.
He batted .237 in parts of four seasons with Detroit, the Cubs and the White Sox.
He was the bullpen coach for Florida's 1997 World Series champions, and was a third base coach in Cincinnati (1988) and San Diego (1991-92).
He is 480-449 in seven years as a minor league manager.
Santana, 44, spent the past four seasons as the White Sox's minor league infield instructor. He also was a coach in the Boston organization for three years, and spent four years with Kansas City.
Santana batted .246 with a .968 fielding percentage in eight seasons with St. Louis, the Mets, the Yankees and Cleveland.
Copyright © 2002, The Associated Press
November 8, 2002, 3:07 PM CST
Bruce Kimm is switching sides.
Kimm, the Chicago Cubs' interim manager for the second half of last season, was hired Friday as third base coach of the White Sox.
He will be reunited with White Sox manager Jerry Manuel, a teammate in the Detroit Tigers organization.
"We won a championship at Evansville in 1974, were rookies together with the Tigers in 1976, and then were coaches with the Marlins when we won the World Series in 1997, so it's great to work with him again," Manuel said. "Bruce will be a great addition both on and off the field."
Manuel also hired Rafael Santana, the shortstop on the New York Mets' 1986 World Series champions, as his first base coach.
After a successful stint as the Cubs' Triple-A manager in Iowa, Kimm replaced Don Baylor on July 6. But the team had far more problems than Kimm could fix, and he was fired the last day of the season after going 33-45.
The Cubs finished 67-95, their third 90-loss season in four years.
Kimm, 51, is a former major league catcher whose biggest claim to fame was catching all 29 of Mark "The Bird" Fidrych's starts in Detroit during the pitcher's Rookie of the Year season in 1976.
He batted .237 in parts of four seasons with Detroit, the Cubs and the White Sox.
He was the bullpen coach for Florida's 1997 World Series champions, and was a third base coach in Cincinnati (1988) and San Diego (1991-92).
He is 480-449 in seven years as a minor league manager.
Santana, 44, spent the past four seasons as the White Sox's minor league infield instructor. He also was a coach in the Boston organization for three years, and spent four years with Kansas City.
Santana batted .246 with a .968 fielding percentage in eight seasons with St. Louis, the Mets, the Yankees and Cleveland.
Copyright © 2002, The Associated Press