NEW YORK -- Chili Davis doesn’t like to dwell on what went wrong in his brief tenure as Cubs hitting coach and abrupt firing just one year into a multiyear deal.
But whether it was about his communication style, the preferences of “millennials” on the roster or the wrong fit at the wrong time, he knows hitting, and he trusts a track record that includes 19 years as a successful big-league hitter and seven more as a hitting coach – including six playoff teams.
“It didn’t work. Just leave it at that,” said Davis, who instead of stepping away from the game for a year – which he considered – took a job with the Mets that he calls “just a better fit here.