Hitting coach Alan Cockrell fired

ehizzy3 · May 9, 2010

SEATTLE -- Hitting coach Alan Cockrell was fired by the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, becoming the fall guy for an underperforming offense that is the worst in the American League.

Cockrell was scouting in the Mariners video room at Safeco Field when he was called into manager Don Wakamatsu's office and told of the change by Wakamatsu and general manager Jack Zduriencik. Alonzo Powell was promoted from Triple-A Tacoma, where he's been hitting coach for three seasons, to take Cockrell's spot.

"Sometimes just the same message from a different messenger sometimes carries some weight, but it's certainly apparent we're not doing what we should be doing offensively," Zduriencik said. "Certainly guys can look within and they should. Every single player here should evaluate themselves and ask, 'What am I doing? Where are my contributions at?' I know the effort is there. There's no question about that. It's just a matter of the production.
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