NY Post · Oct 18, 2015
Yankees fire hitting coach Jeff Pentland
Jeff PentlandTORONTO — When the Yankees assemble in Tampa for spring training, they will have their third hitting coach in three years.
“I am not coming back,’’ Jeff Pentland told The Post Sunday from Arizona. “When I signed, I was told it was probably a one-year deal. That was always in the back of my mind, but we didn’t look too good the last month. It’s the Yankees, that’s the best way to describe it. I have no regrets.’’
Pentland, 69, was told by GM Brian Cashman he wasn’t returning this past week. Also not coming back is bullpen coach/catching instructor Gary Tuck.
Pentland understood the challenge facing him at the start because of who he was replacing.