Red Sox bullpen coach Dana LeVangie will become new bench coach

[soxhop411]

BOSTON — The Red Sox will shake up their coaching staff with Torey Lovullo serving as the acting manager in skipper John Farrell’s absence. Red Sox bullpen coach Dana LeVangie will become Boston’s bench coach, likely starting Monday, according to Lovullo. The bench coach position was vacated by Lovullo, who will manage the Red Sox for the remainder of the season as Farrell goes through chemotherapy treatment for his Stage 1 lymphoma.
 
 

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“There’s immediate trust there (with LeVangie). There’s a guy who’s respected in this game. Being able to bounce off some thoughts, it’s going to be invaluable to me.” LeVangie, who served as Boston’s bullpen catcher for eight seasons from 1997 through 2004, returned as the Red Sox’s bullpen coach when Gary Tuck retired from the position before the 2013 season. The Whitman, Mass., native, who also bounced around the Red Sox farm system for six seasons as a catcher from 1991 to 1996, was a logical choice to shift to the dugout based on his experience and his familiarity with the organization. “The second part of that is he’s our catching instructor,” Lovullo said in explaining the coaching change. “We’ve got a young catcher in Blake Swihart behind the plate. He’s going to get a little bit closer to the action, he’s going to be able to have interactions with Blake and Ryan Hanigan in between innings. There’s a lot of value to that as well.” Triple-A Pawtucket pitching coach Bob Kipper will fill LeVangie’s spot in Boston’s bullpen. It’s unclear at this point who will become the PawSox’s pitching coach with Kipper joining the major league staff.
 

Read more at: http://nesn.com/2015/08/dana-levangie-to-become-red-soxs-bench-coach-alongside-torey-lovullo/

 

[grimshaw]

Good for him. 
 
Every day in spring training when he was the bullpen catcher (at least in the late 90's), he was asked for autographs by kids.  And every day he had to say he wasn't a baseball player and that essentially, they shouldn't want his autograph.  I kind of feel like no one should have to go through that.

 

[The Tax Man]

Today at .com, Cuzittt has written The Chronicles of Dana LaVangie
 

Here is a question about the 2004 Red Sox World Championship team and the 2013 Red Sox World Championship team that could win quite a few bets: Which two members of the Red Sox were both on the field and in uniform during the 2004 and 2013 World Series? The first name is a given, Big Papi David Ortiz. The second? Heretofore anonymous interim Bench Coach for the Boston Red Sox, Dana LeVangie. 
Dana LeVangie’s Red Sox career started in 1991, drafted in the 14th round out of Springfield, Massachusetts’ American International University College.