It isn’t often that Padres fans get good news, but that’s what was waiting for me when I dragged my lazy carcass off the futon at the crack of noon. When I engaged in my “morning” ritual of scrolling through Twitter while seated on a white oval with a hole in it I was pleased to learn that the Friars had hired cult hero Matt Stairs to be their next hitting coach. It might work out spectacularly or he might be scapegoated and get the stanky boot in a year or two, as seems to be the case for most hitting coaches who have called Petco Park home — seriously, that job is practically like Professor of Defense Against The Dark Arts or drummer for Spinal Tap — but either way, good or bad, it’ll be entertaining, and after 30 years of rooting for this team, that’s all I can ask for.
Padres hire god among men Matt Stairs as next former hitting coach
