While one of my earliest memories of ex-outfielder, Mark Kotsay, is watching -- not one, but two -- SportsCenter "Not Top Ten Plays" featuring our fearlessly grinning soldier tripping over invisible cracks in the grass, I'm pretty excited to have him back with the Green and Yellow.
(honestly, that just makes me love him more)
If you haven't heard, Kotsay got hired on Thursday, November 12th, 2015 as the new bench coach and will be back in A's colors for the first time since 2007, after doing a tour around the entirety of Major League Baseball*
(Please also note that this is great, because Kotsay is psychic, and that is a good quality in a coach, especially with the ever-changing game of today)
There is hope that Kotsay will excel at his newly appointed position; he has a history of diverse success. Kotsay was a baseball and football star at Santa Fe High School and was a closer at Cal-State Fullerton as well as being named the 1995 College World Series' Most Outstanding Player). He also sports a bronze medal from the 1996 Men's Baseball Olympic Team.
Does any of this have anything to do with being a bench coach? No, not at all, but it sounds cool. What he does have under his belt is many years of experience in and around the game, as well as a three-year familiarity with an A's organization that still carries a couple of names from back when Kotsay trolled around the Coliseum outfield.
Kotsay also dreams one day of being a manager. You go, man.
With the addition of Kotsay, their third bench coach in as many years, the A's have finalized their coaching roster. It's go time, at least in that department. Welcome back, Mark. Let's see those pearly whites.
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