Pitching coach Curt Young turns down A's offer

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Curt Young won't be back as A's pitching coach

Although the A's young pitching staff put up the best ERA in the league in 2010, the team announced that longtime pitching coach Curt Young has declined a contract offer and instead will pursue another opportunity.

Young, who has served as the A's pitching coach the past seven seasons and who also pitched for Oakland's three consecutive pennant winners in 1988, 1989 and 1990, said by phone that it was "a tough decision.

"I've been with this organization basically 27 years," he said, "but I'm kind of looking in a different direction and hopefully everything will work out."

Not a good sign. I think it says something about the A's organization for him to turn Beane and 40% raise down. Yet Bob Geren sticks around. Go figure.

The speculation is that Curt Young may join Francona (former A's bench coach) in Boston. Yuck. Arizona is interested, too.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

Now that Eiland was fired you never know about NYY either

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I doubt he goes there, but you never know I suppose.

[love_that_reefer]

There was talk about him going to the Dbacks.

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I know. I noted that in the first post at the end. They were linked because that's where he currently lives.

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Twitter / Buster Olney: Boston's next pitching coa ...

Great. He turned down a 2-year deal supposedly and appears to be headed to the hated Red Sox.

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The A's have named Ron Romanick as pitching coach.
Romanick has served as Oakland's bullpen coach for the last three seasons and was a roving pitching instructor in the A's minor league system for nine years before that. He's highly experienced and very familiar with the young pitchers that the Athletics have. Romanick is replacing Curt Young.

Don't know anything about him but he seems like a good in-house solution.

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Young officially signed to the Red Sox. You're dead to me now Curt.