NewsMoney to return as Triple-A manager
Former Brewers All-Star infielder to have new pitching coach
Don Money is entering his 13th year as an instructor in the Brewers organization (Nashville Sounds)
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
11/04/09 3:26 PM EST
MILWAUKEE -- Former Brewers All-Star infielder Don Money will return for a second season as manager of the organization's top Minor League affiliate, and he will have a new pitching coach. The Triple-A Nashville Sounds announced Wednesday that Money would be back along with hitting coach Sandy Guerrero. New to the staff is former Red Sox pitching coach Rich Gale, who replaces Chris Bosio in that role for the Sounds. The Brewers announced last week that Bosio would remain in the organization as the club's advance scout. The Sounds also said that strength and conditioning coach Tom Reynolds would return. He will work alongside new head athletic trainer Dave Yeager, who was promoted from Double-A Huntsville. Money, 62, will enter his 13th year as an instructor in the Brewers organization, including 12 seasons as a manager. He is 815-849 (.490) at the helm of the Sounds, Double-A Huntsville Stars (2005-08) and Class A Beloit Snappers (1998-04). In '09, the Sounds led the PCL American Conference Northern Division for the majority of the season before finishing second with a 75-69 record, fifth-best in the 16-team Pacific Coast League. Money finished the 2009 season serving as an extra coach for Brewers manager Ken Macha. "You want to win your division title every year, of course," he said in the final week of the Brewers' season. "But at the same time, you have to realize that your No. 1 job is to get guys prepared to come up [to the Majors] when they're needed, and that can have an effect on wins and losses. We battled through it, and the team we ran out there in the final week was much different than the one we had early in the season." Money is best known in Milwaukee for his 11 seasons as a Brewers infielder. He represented Milwaukee in four All-Star Games and became the team's first All-Star starter in 1978. He was the Brewers' club MVP in '74 and '77, and in 2005 he was voted into the "Walk of Fame" at Miller Park. Guerrero guided Sounds batters to a .271 team average in 2009 and will continue in his role in Nashville. Prior to an '09 promotion, he spent six seasons as Huntsville's hitting coach. Gale, who pitched for parts of seven seasons in the Major Leagues during a 12-year pro playing career, will serve his first year as a coach in the Brewers organization after spending 2009 as pitching coach for Class A Hagerstown in the Nationals system. After his retirement following the 1991 season, Gale worked two years at the big league level as the Red Sox pitching coach before stepping away from the game for 12 years to spend time with his family. He returned to the coaching ranks in 2006 with Double-A Carolina in the Florida Marlins organization before logging two years in the PCL with Triple-A Albuquerque in '07-08. Gale was 55-56 with a 4.54 ERA in 195 appearances for Kansas City (1978-81), San Francisco ('82), Cincinnati ('83), and Boston ('84). He was named Sporting News Rookie of the Year in '78 after going 14-8 with a 3.09 ERA in 31 games (30 starts) for the Royals. The Brewers typically announce their full Minor League coaching staffs closer to the start of Spring Training.Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
