PHOENIX -- The Dodgers have a new batting coach this year. As if that never happens.
Turner Ward is the team's 12th batting coach since 2000, succeeding Mark McGwire, who succeeded Dave Hansen, who replaced Jeff Pentland and, well, you get the picture.
Spinning through the revolving door were a Hall of Famer (Eddie Murray), a near Hall of Famer and batting champ (Don Mattingly), another batting champ (Bill Mueller) and a legendary villain (Jack Clark). None of them lasted longer than three seasons in the role.
The Dodgers now turn to the 50-year-old Ward, with Tim Hyers his assistant.