Since retiring as a player in 2004, former Rockies star Ellis Burks has enjoyed a lengthy career as a special assistant to the general manager with multiple teams.
Burks currently holds that position with the San Francisco Giants, a job he enjoys due to the balance of spending time in the big league front office and time spent traveling to minor league teams to scout. But just because he’s become as comfortable in his special assistant role as he was mashing home runs during his career doesn’t mean the 53-year-old Blake Street Bomber would pass up an opportunity to manage.