The Rally Human showed up in the Angels dugout 2 1/2 hours before game time Tuesday night, former hitting coach Mickey Hatcher bringing his exuberance and, he hoped, some spell-breaking powers to his struggling old club, which is led by his friend and former field boss, Manager Mike Scioscia.
“The exorcist is here! The exorcist is here!” Hatcher said as he bounced around the dugout. “Let’s get rid of all the demons! The first one is Mike. Where’s Mike?”
The Angels fired Hatcher in May 2012 amid a team-wide batting slump, but after what happened in Angel Stadium on Tuesday night, they might want to retain him as some kind of staff sorcerer.