Or was it simply time for an underachieving veteran lineup to finally do something to take the heat off its batting coach and manager?

Technical hitting points should be handled by the batting coach.

Hriniak, 52, spent seven years as Chicago's batting coach.

For the moment, the Yankees must do without a batting coach.

The Mets gave him a pair of prescription goggles, a new batting coach and his first day off in more than 1,200 professional games.

His father now would be the Giants' batting coach, as Barry had demanded.

Only the team's batting coach, Frank Howard, who has another year on his contract, was retained.

Langer said he felt privileged to be asked to be the Test team's new batting coach.

In 1995 he was named as England's batting coach.

Sometimes, even when a player is struggling, the batting coach still may not find anything wrong with his swing.