Mark Connor Resigns

[aggro5288]

http://twitter.com/#!/Orioles/status/80719503750742016

http://twitter.com/#!/masnRoch/status/80719397257347072

Crowley on as BP coach ... Adair takes over Connor's post

[Frobby]

What? That's astonishing.

[Sports Guy]

Whoa...That is kind of out of nowhere.

Health issues I wonder?

What good is Crow going to be in the pen?

Get Griffin up here.

[El Gordo]

Personal reasons..............:scratchchinhmm:

[Frobby]

In a shocking development, the Orioles have announced that pitching coach Mark Connor resigned for "personal reasons."

Connor was in his first season as pitching coach, having replaced Rick Kranitz over the winter.

Bullpen coach Rick Adair has been named pitching coach. Former hitting coach Terry Crowley replaces Adair on an interim basis.

Connor, 61, was in his 36th season in professional baseball after serving the last two years as a special assistant in the player development department of the Texas Rangers.

That's all I've got at the moment.

http://www.masnsports.com/school_of_roch/2011/06/pitching-coach-mark-connor-resigns.html

[Blizzard1090]

Save face maybe?

[Owen21]

This is sudden. What is the story ?

[Can_of_corn]

Save face maybe?

Why? The starting pitching has been adequate so far.

At least they have Adair on hand who has served as a pitching coach before.

[NewMarketSean]

http://www.masnsports.com/school_of_roch/2011/06/pitching-coach-mark-connor-resigns.html

Pretty crazy. Makes you wonder if she should have kept Kranitz here.

I do hope they promote Griffin.

[waroriole]

Shocking. Hope everything is allright health wise.

I wouldn't mind seeing Griffin promoted, as he's worked with alot of these guys before.

I wonder if more shake ups are coming, since Crow has returned too.

[SammyBirdland]

I hope his health is ok...

[Sports Guy]

Going to do nothing with the pitching you would assume, would figure the O's believe he is the best available coach to add to the team as a whole. Which will only make things odd for the hitters with Pressley.

Is pretty shocking. Adair has plenty of experience though, so should not change much.

It says interim basis for Crow...Hopefully that just means he is there for right now because he is traveling with the team or something like that.

Too sudden for them to get Griffin up here?

[Frobby]

What good is Crow going to be in the pen?

Get Griffin up here.

Roch's post says Crowley is "interim" bullpen coach. I can't imagine that will last very long.

[Scrat1]

I miss Kranny.

[Sports Guy]

Does Mazzone need a job?