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Per STrib:
Rick Renick, a former Twins player who later became the third base coach for their 1987 World Series championship team, died Saturday, Jan. 31, at age 81.
Renick, who was living in Sarasota, Fla., played five seasons for the Twins from 1968 to 1972 before returning to the organization in 1987. Third base coach Tom Kelly became the interim manager in September 1986 when Ray Miller was fired, and when Kelly retained the job for the 1987 season, he chose Renick, his former minor league teammate who was working with the Montreal Expos, as his third base coach over former Seattle Mariners manager Chuck Cottier, who was owner Carl Pohlad’s preferred choice.
Renick was the lone new coach on the 1987 staff.
“There seems to be good camaraderie, a good feeling, a good bunch of guys,” he said at 1987 spring training in Orlando. “When you have people who put a lot of heart and soul into their work, it’s a good thing to be around.”
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Rick Renick, a former Twins player who later became the third base coach for their 1987 World Series championship team, died Saturday, Jan. 31, at age 81.
Renick, who was living in Sarasota, Fla., played five seasons for the Twins from 1968 to 1972 before returning to the organization in 1987. Third base coach Tom Kelly became the interim manager in September 1986 when Ray Miller was fired, and when Kelly retained the job for the 1987 season, he chose Renick, his former minor league teammate who was working with the Montreal Expos, as his third base coach over former Seattle Mariners manager Chuck Cottier, who was owner Carl Pohlad’s preferred choice.
Renick was the lone new coach on the 1987 staff.
“There seems to be good camaraderie, a good feeling, a good bunch of guys,” he said at 1987 spring training in Orlando. “When you have people who put a lot of heart and soul into their work, it’s a good thing to be around.”
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