The Angels announced a major move on Tuesday when they fired hitting coach Mickey Hatcher and replaced him with Triple-A hitting coach Jim Eppard.The switch means much more than a potential for ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)-- The Los Angeles Angels fired hitting coach Mickey Hatcher on Tuesday after Albert Pujols and many of his teammates got off to dismal offensive start this season. Hatcher's ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — It has been 29 years since the Los Angeles Dodgers were last in the World Series -- and former Dodger Mickey Hatcher played a pivotal role in securing that 1988 ...

If Albert Pujols met with hitting coach Mickey Hatcher to discuss the sanctity of private meetings, as he promised a night ago that he would, the principles weren't saying so on another day in ...

Former Angels hitting coach Mickey Hatcher has found work in baseball, and it's back with the Dodgers. Hatcher has been hired as a special assistant to general manager Ned Colletti, the Dodgers ...

ANAHEIM – The object of criticism and a hot button for fan discontent whenever the Angels slipped into a slump, Mickey Hatcher couldn’t survive the most unexpected slump in Angels history.

The Angels fired hitting coach Mickey Hatcher on Tuesday night (see Los Angeles Times report), simply because somebody had to pay.The Angels currently rank 22nd in the majors in runs scored, 14th ...

Mickey Hatcher was a key man and fan favorite for the Dodgers in 1988 when they won the World Series, hitting two big home runs against Oakland while filling in for the injured Kirk Gibson.

The Los Angeles Dodgers named former Angels hitting coach Mickey Hatcher special assistant to the general manager on Tuesday.Hatcher was fired by the Angels earlier this season after the club got ...

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 ...

Add one more dynamic to the Angels’ hitting woes: Albert Pujols is a bit perturbed at hitting coach Mickey Hatcher for discussing the slugger’s attempt to instill confidence in teammates at a ...