Angels Fire Mickey Hatcher: Just Poor Hitting or Did Albert Pujols Play a Role?

The Angels aren’t hitting, so they fire the hitting coach. Seems logical, right? Yes, that was sarcasm.

Mickey Hatcher has been the Angels’ hitting coach since 2000, the only hitting coach that his former Dodger teammate Mike Scioscia has worked with as a major league manager.  

There’s no denying the offensive struggles of the Angels this year. They’ve been shut out a major league-high eight times. Howie Kendrick, Alberto Callaspo (so glad I got you in fantasy), Torii Hunter and Vernon Wells are hitting between .244 and .267. Chris Iannetta, Peter Bourjos and Erick Aybar are under .197.

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