Phillies Hire Assistant Hitting Coach
Per the Philadelphia Phillies official Twitter page, the Phillies have signed Wally Joyner to be the assistant hitting coach. He will report to hitting coach, Steve Henderson.
Joyner, 50-years old, retired from baseball in 2001. Joyner was also listed on the infamous Mitchell Report and admitted to briefly using steroids in a 2005 interview with ESPN The Magazine. Joyner last served as a hitting coach for the Padres in 2008.
This news comes on the heels of the Phillies earlier announcement of Juan Samuels as first base coach.
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