![]() ![]() When I was looking for a manager job, they said I never managed before so this is going to prepare me to go into an interview and say ‘Oh yeah, I managed a little bit.’” They have to have something to be special, they have to be different, they have to be smart enough to get these kinds of jobs. But obviously they are smart enough to get that kind of recognition. Such a question would be even more pertinent for Vizquel, who headed out to Winston-Salem after five years as a coach, including the last four as the Detroit Tigers first base coach. (Mitch Stringer/USA TODAY Sports)Ī couple weeks ago, White Sox manager Rick Renteria deflected questions about whether it was strange for him, as a longtime coach, to see someone like Aaron Boone get a high-profile managing job with no prior experience. Omar Vizquel was a Detroit Tigers coach for four years before the White Sox hired him as a minor league manager. It’s good to go through the bad times and the good times and the struggles and everything like we’re going through right now and see how we can get out of it.” Only been here for two months and it gets better all the time. Taking every day to learn what we can do to improve. Omar Vizquel, who played in the major leagues from 1989 through 2012, does not seem like he’s long for Single-A baseball. ![]() That’s when Vizquel broke into a few bars of “Stairway to Heaven,” as an example of something used to sing to himself without knowing what it meant. When I pressed him for advice on sharpening up a second language, he recommended reading books in Spanish aloud, or just singing. He rolled his chair across the room to place his feet on his couch while he reclined, creating a sort of makeshift sleeper seat for himself. There were a trio of corked, halfway finished wine bottles on Vizquel’s desk and he started the interview by asking if I could speak Spanish. ![]()
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