KISSIMMEE, FLA. - When trying to determine the criteria for what makes a successful hitting or pitching coach in the major leagues, there are few certainties. "At the minor-league level, the emphasis ...

TAMPA, Fla. — There was a time when, after a tough loss, you didn’t want to be within a hundred miles of Gary Gaetti. No sir. One of my least favorite duties while covering the Minnesota Twins was ...

CENTRALIA — Gary Gaetti played nearly 20 years in the Majors, and soon he will have a place where he can teach the game. Gaetti and his new teammates broke ground on the Gaetti Sports Academy in his ...

Gary Gaetti already can see it in his two sons, especially in his eldest, 5-year-old Joseph. ”He was sleeping the other day, right?” Gaetti said. ”You know when you`ve got to pick them up and carry ...

Twins career: Gary Gaetti was drafted in the first round of the 1979 draft by Minnesota and broke into the majors in 1981 with the Twins. During his first full season, he batted .230 with 25 home runs ...

Gary Gaetti played major league baseball for a long time, and for a lot of teams. He won four Gold Gloves, was an all-star twice and played every position but catcher. On Sunday he was inducted into ...

FOR 20 years, he played with more passion and more toughness than almost any player of his generation. Gary Gaetti was loved by managers, admired by teammates and respected by opponents. He was 41 ...

Gary Gaetti has learned plenty from his failures - be it ones made as a major league player to those in his first two seasons as manager of the Sugar Land Skeeters. "Failure can determine what kind of ...

LANCASTER, Pa. - Until now, Gary Gaetti's foremost memory of Roger Clemens was of the day 19 years ago when he became the first major league player to hit a grand slam off the Houston resident and ...

A career .396 hitter at Wrigley Field, Cubs newcomer Gary Gaetti was ready to step in during the late innings of Wednesday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals. “It would’ve been some nice irony to ...

offense Wednesday night by firing hitting coach Gary Gaetti. The Astros have the second-worst batting average in the National League and their run total (408) ranks 23rd in the majors. Earlier ...