UPDATE: John Hickey of AOL Fanhouse gathered quotes from veterans Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Sweeney on the firing. Here’s Griffey: And Sweeney: “It’s brutal. There are a lot of guys in here who deserve ...

Alan Cockrell, Joplin Parkwood High School graduate who’s in his first full season as hitting coach of the Colorado Rockies, has been named to the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame. Cockrell, an ...

Hitting coach Alan Cockrell was fired by the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, becoming the fall guy for an underperforming offense that is the worst in the American League. Cockrell was scouting in the ...

SEATTLE — As the Seattle Mariners floundered through the first week of May with the worst offense in the American League, the focus was on hitters. The DH tandem of Mike Sweeney and Ken Griffey Jr.

SEATTLE — Hitting coach Alan Cockrell was fired by the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, becoming the fall guy for an underperforming offense that is the worst in the American League. The Mariners then went ...

Apparently, at least one member of the Yankees coaching staff believes in the tooth fairy. Or maybe it’s me and I just can’t believe what I just read. But there it is in black and white – Alan ...

Alan Cockrell was in uniform, the normal attire for a man who has spent the past 28 summers playing or coaching baseball. And then he heard the good/bad news Sunday morning from general manager Jack ...

It’s almost as if Hollywood produced a movie classic: An Ozarks teen quarterbacks a high school team to a state championship, quarterbacks a Southeastern Conference football power to big wins, then ...

Gary Sanchez is more interested in hitting than catching, according to former Yankees hitting coach Alan Cockrell, who wasn’t retained after last season, his second with the club. “Gary is just not a ...

Alan Cockrell’s Managing, Coaching Career 1999 — Portland (Northwest League, rookie-A), manager, 39-37 record, finished fourth in first half, third in second half 2000 — Salem (Carolina League, high-A ...

Former Joplin Parkwood High School standout Alan Cockrell has joined the process of building a baseball program at NCAA Division II Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina. Cockrell, who spent ...

The offensive nosedives taken by Jacoby Ellsbury and Brett Gardner in the second half of the season were somewhat of a mystery as both players insisted they were, relatively speaking, healthy. But ...