This year, the Oakland Athletics did something unexpected – they fired Mike Gallego mid-season and hired Ron Washington as their full time third base and infield coach. When the A’s brought on Washington as an additional infield coach in May to specifically help with Marcus Semien’s fielding, many had thought that he might earn a full time position with the Athletics at some point. The surprising part about this change was that it happened during the season.
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Now, since the Athletics felt comfortable enough firing their third base coach in August, one would expect that Washington would at least stay on for one more season.