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Tourists Coaching Staff 2007 |
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Joe Mikulik
Manager
Joe Mikulik is in his eighth season as the Tourists’ manager…his
managerial stint represents the longest consecutive-season run for
an Asheville skipper in franchise history…Mikulik enters the
2007 season on the verge of making club history as he ranks second
on the Tourists’ all-time managerial wins list with 481 career
victories, just 37 wins behind Ray Hathaway, who led Asheville in
two separate stints during the 1950s and 1960s |
Under the guidance of Mikulik in 2001, Asheville
won the Southern Division and advanced to the SAL Championship game…he
was named manager of the league’s All-Star team
‘Mik’ joined the Rockies organization after spending
one year as Houston’s minor league baserunning and outfield
coordinator Before his stint with the Astros, Joe managed Class
A Burlington in the Indians’ system, where he was a coach
before taking over on August 12, 1997.
He began his coaching career as a player/coach at Double-A Canton-Akron
in 1995, he was the Astros’ ninth-round selection in the 1984
June draft and played for 12 years
He made all-star teams for the South-Atlantic League (1985), Mexican
League (1989), Texas League (1991) and was a Double-A All-Star in
1991.
He rose as high as AAA-Tucson and played his entire career in the
Houston organization except for 109 games for Tabasco, Mexico in
1994 and winter ball in Venezuela and Mexico
Joe and his wife Kathy have two children, Susan and Dawson, and
reside in Candler, North Carolina. |
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Doug Linton
Pitching Coach Doug Linton joins
the Rockies organization for his first season as the Tourists pitching
coach…the former pitcher played parts of nine seasons in the
major leagues with California (1987-1992) and Florida (1993-95) |
The 43-year-old was a two-time All-Star (1991, 1993)
and earned the American League Rolaids Relief Award in 1991 after
finishing first in the A.L. with 67 games played and saving a career
high 46 games
Harvey, a native of Tennessee, saved the first game in Florida
Marlins history, on April 5, 1993 vs. Los Angeles
He was selected by the Marlins in the expansion draft and earned
his second trip to the All-Star Game that season. Overall he compiled
177 saves in 322 major league games. Harvey’s most recent
stint in baseball came last season as he was a United States scout
for a Japanese league |
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Houston Jimenez
Coach Houston is enjoying his second
season in Colorado’s minor league chain and ’07 marks
his first full season as the hitting coach for the Tourists. The
49-year-old originally joined the club last May and helped Tourist
hitters post the second-highest batting average in the South Atlantic
League with a .271 clip |
A former major league infielder, Jimenez played parts
of four seasons with Minnesota (1983-84), Pittsburgh (1987) and Cleveland
(1988).
In addition to his 158 big league games, the shortstop spent time
in the Mexican Pacific League, where he ranks second all-time with
230 doubles and 209 stolen bases, and third with 754 runs scored and
1,339 hits.
In July, 2007, Jimenez was inducted to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame. Inductees are known as "inmortales" (English: immortals).
Prior to joining the Rockies organization, Jimenez managed the Mexico
City Red Devils in 2005 and was a coach for the Tijuana Colts in 2006 |
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Chris Dovey
Trainer
Chris is in his second season with the Tourists
after serving as the trainer at Tri-City in the Northwest League
in 2005. |
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