2009 Chiefs Manager.

tknup — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:48:53 +0000

Press Release from the Chiefs.

The Chicago Cubs and Peoria Chiefs have announced the 2009 Chiefs field staff which includes three familiar faces. New manager Marty Pevey will be joined by pitching coach Rich Bombard, hitting coach Barbaro Garbey and athletic trainer Kelly Vanhove.

Pevey is a newcomer to the Chicago Cubs organization after spending 13 seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays as a coach and minor league manager. He began last season as the Blue Jays Major League third base coach but was let go along with the rest of John Gibbons’ staff on June 20 when Cito Gaston took over. Pevey began his coaching career with Class A Advanced Dunedin as a hitting coach in 1996. He became a manager in 1997 with Rookie level Medicine Hat. Pevey made the jump to Class A in 1998 when he led the Hagerstown Suns to the South Atlantic League semifinals and a 81-60 record.

He served as the Blue Jays bullpen coach in 1999 before returning to the minors to manage Dunedin for three straight seasons. In 2000, Pevey was named the Florida State League Manager of the Year with an 84-54 record. His 2001 team finished in second place with 71 wins and his 2002 squad finished fourth. Pevey again won Manager of the Year in 2003, this time after leading the Double A New Haven Ravens to a 79-63 record and an Eastern League finals appearance.

Pevey made the jump to Triple A Syracuse in 2004 and managed the SkyChiefs for two seasons. After a 66-78 record in 2004, Pevey led the team to a fourth place finish in the International League in 2005 with a 71-73 record. He was rewarded with a promotion to the big league club in September 2005 to finish the year as the Blue Jays first base coach. Pevey returned to the Blue Jays as the first base coach for the 2006 and 2007 seasons before making the switch to third base coach in 2008. As a minor league manager, Pevey enters the 2008 season with a record of 541-510 (.515). Among the future Major Leaguers Pevey has managed in the minors are: Roy Halladay, Vernon Wells, Jayson Werth, Alex Rios, Reed Johnson, Ryan Freel, Cezar Izturis, Dustin McGowan, Gustavo Chacin, Mark Hendrickson, Chad Gaudin and Kelvim Escobar.

Ryne Returns to Peoria

admin — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:09:36 +0000

So Mr. Ryne Sandberg is back in Peoria Chiefs pinstripes this season. The former Chicago Cub hall of famer led the Chiefs to a 71-68 mark in his first year managing the team. I don’t think they expected him back – but he is.

“This is a very unexpected turn of events for us,” said Chiefs President Rocky Vonachen. “Our staff has been hard at work with their best off-season to date planning the 2008 promotional and ticket campaigns and having Ryne return is an added boost of excitement in the office and throughout the community. We look forward to providing Central Illinois with another outstanding season of baseball and entertainment to build off the record breaking success of 2007.”

Having Ryne in Peoria adds a lot of excitement to Chiefs games. I know the few games I went to – everyone wanted to see Ryne. Glad to hear he is back in Peoria for another year at least. Anyone else?

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2009 Chiefs Manager.

Ryne Returns to Peoria