Freudian Slip?

Well, this is just what I wanted to hear. New White Sox manager Pedro Grifol has finished picking his coaching staff. Daryl Boston at first base doesn’t count. Boston knows where the organizational skeletons are buried and/or is such a good pal of team v.p. Kenny Williams that he has a job for life. Comiskey Park should’ve had Boston’s clout. What struck me was Grifol referring to the hitting-coach situation as “almost probably a two-and-a-half-headed monster.” By that he means new hitting coach Jose Castro plus assistant hitting coach Chris Johnson plus major-league field coordinator Mike Tosar, who Grifol thinks knows something about hitting. Only Johnson made it to the majors, hitting .275 with 773 hits and 339 RBIs over an eight-year career. How exactly does a 2-1/2 headed monster work? I have my doubts, though Castro was an assistant hitting coach the past eight seasons in Atlanta, and the Braves seem to know how to hit. Maybe he’ll prove to be the exception to the Bukowski Rule that you don’t hire minor leaguers to coach major leaguers to hit or pitch. I hope so.