In the middle of Game 7, word leaked out that the Giants were planning to hire Astros assistant hitting coach Alonzo Powell to be their new hitting coach. This was weird timing all around, and my commitment to not writing about baseball yesterday was strong, so I apologize for not getting to the news until now.
Alonzo Powell is the Giants’ new hitting coach, everyone.
Powell comes from an Astros team that had a mildly successful season, and perhaps my favorite tidbit about them is that they hit .323/.380/.568 as a team in July. For an entire month, the whole lineup was one big, amorphous MVP candidate.