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From the ‘Do as I say and not as I did’ department: Phil Plantier is the new Padres hitting coach 10.30.11 at 3:00 pm ET
By Rob Bradford

According to FoxSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal, former Red Sox outfielder Phil Plantier has been named hitting coach for the Padres. The 42-year-old Plantier had been the hitting coach and manager for the Padres’ Single-A Lake Elsinore Storm for the 2011 season. In ’10 he was the minor league hitting coordinator for the Mariners.

In case you forgot, Plantier was one of the most highly touted prospects in the Red Sox system in the late 1980s and early ’90s, eventually making it to the majors in ’91, finishing eighth in American League Rookie of the Year balloting.

After a lackluster ’92 season in which the lefty slugger batted .246 with just seven homers while striking out 83 times in 108 games, Plantier was traded to San Diego for reliever Jose Melendez. The New Hampshire native turned in his best year in his first season with the Padres in ’93, mashing 34 home runs while totaling an .843 OPS.

But Plantier’s major league career would soon fizzle out at the age of 28, ending with a stint the Cardinals in ’97.

Still, what Plantier truly left behind for all Red Sox fans was memories of one of the most outrageous batting stances in team history (as our good friend Batting Stance Guy demonstrates in the following video at the 3:40 mark).

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  • HeyWhaddup

    Did they have the foresight to predict a score?

  • Student_minister

    And in other news… The Patriots had shirts and caps printed proclaiming them as champions. Who cares?!?!

  • Deal2851

    Giants win 24-13 Eli gets MVP player of the year and MVP of super bowl XLVI

  • JW

    That happens for both teams and the losing teams stuff is given to 3rd world countries

  • RustBelt

    Oh….so they send them to Detroit?

  • gobias

    The Pat’s didn’t put up “The Patriots are Super Bowl Champions” on their website is the difference here. 

  • Patriotray29

    Did I miss the game ? I thought it was this weekend . Are the Patriots flying home today?

  • EA

     So Rodgers got the MVP, not Manning – that’s one prediction wrong. We’ll see about the other one.

  • OHsocautiouslyoptimistic

    it’s bad karma for the Giants, BUT, Karma doesn’t win or lose football games. In spite of all the gaffes and boasts, the b*sta*d Giants could still win, and then they will be insuffereable after all this……..I remain cautiously optimistic.

  • Kellmoony

    They all do Minister.  How the heck do you think they have them immediately after the game?  LOL — whoooosh – over da head.

  • novak

    already bought my Pats Champs gear….lol

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    Nice chalkboard material, thanks to the moron who put it up. GO PATRIOTS   !!!!

  • Bkrsrb

    The Patriots are being doubted by the Giants but the Pats don’t seem to care. Whatever Manning does I for one do not care. Any quarterback or player self proclaims themselves as elite makes me feel like they are the only one that thinks so. I know how the news feel about him but his elite position is up to us not him to proclaim. Neither Payton or Tom have ever made such a ludicrous comment and never would. The Giants have there front four but we have one of the best lines in football. I don’t know if they are elite like Eli proclaims himself to be but they sure look like it to me. Even his front four is elite they he  is. He throws big passes but still makes bad decisions.GO PATS!

  • Davidjlong

    Save it for another time Giants,this ain’t the time though !!!!

  • Kicksave7

    Whoever did this should be fired if the Giants lose today.

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    Brady’s gonna need to wear DEPENDS after the GGGG—MENNNN send him home BOWLEGGED and BLEEDING!!!

  • Superdave138

    Good Grief. is the world full of prople that hear part of a commment and make up the rest of it for themself.  You said it was up to “us” or the media to decide if Eli was elite.  Then why did a member of the media ask Eli if he considered himself elite?  I guess that reporter couldn’t decide for himself.  You make it like Eli was up on a soapbox doing a Mohammed Ali… “I am the Greatest of allllllll time.  I am not an Eli fanatic but I wouldn’t respect him at all if he didn’t have confidence in his own ability.  And if anyone thinks the Pats aren’t at home right now fuming mad at their 2nd straight Super Bowl loss to the Giants they are kidding the themselves.  What does it say about the Pats if you say they don’t care that they loss.  The Pats have a lot to be upset about.  Boo Hoo Pats.  i have 2 favorite NFL teams…  First the STEELERS and 2nd…any team that beats the Pats.

  • Ajmv4

    You didn’t get the whole story, he was asked on a local radio show if he thought that he was elite and he said yes, he didn’t outright declare it. You can’t spell elite without ELI.
    By the way, it’s THEIR front four not there front four.
    GIANTS ARE WORLD CHAMPS—GIANTS RULE.

  • Ajmv4

    And the Rangers will win the Stanley Cup and the Yankees will win the World Series. RED SOX SUCK.

  • Ajmv4

    Yes, the PATTYCAKES are flying home—emptyhanded.

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