• No, he didn't need to be coaxed out of retirement at age 78, but Don Kelly told me there's at least a chance that "Jim Leyland had something to do with it." Meaning motivation.
• Lamont was the first name that came to Kelly's mind for the position.
• There won't really be a title, but Lamont will be the de facto bench coach.
• There's a chance Lamont won't be at 100% of the games, though that's far from known, so it's seen as something of an active advisory role.
• Kelly joked with me that now that pitching instructor Brent Strom, 76, "will still have to get somebody else's coffee for them." Awesome.
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9:14 pm - 05.16.2025PhiladelphiaCouple other notes regarding Gene Lamont:
• No, he didn't need to be coaxed out of retirement at age 78, but Don Kelly told me there's at least a chance that "Jim Leyland had something to do with it." Meaning motivation.
• Lamont was the first name that came to Kelly's mind for the position.
• There won't really be a title, but Lamont will be the de facto bench coach.
• There's a chance Lamont won't be at 100% of the games, though that's far from known, so it's seen as something of an active advisory role.
• Kelly joked with me that now that pitching instructor Brent Strom, 76, "will still have to get somebody else's coffee for them." Awesome.
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