Goff was the first manager of the Timber Rattlers (1995 and 1996). He is managing in Chattanooga this year. Dave Paschal of the Chattanooga Times Free Press has the story and the history lesson.
In the summer of 1996, Tiger Woods turned pro and Monica Lewinsky no longer worked as a White House intern.
That was also the last time Mike Goff managed a baseball team, but that changed earlier this month when he began leading the Double-A working group of the Cincinnati Reds. Members of that Double-A working group will become Chattanooga Lookouts this weekend, when all of Cincinnati’s minor leaguers break camp and head for their developmental destinations.
“Managing has always been my dream and my love, and it’s been ffun getting back on the field with these guys,” Goff said Tuesday. “It will be a lot more fun once we get out of here and get our club set.”
Goff was hired by Cincinnati after spending 16 seasons in the Seattle Mariners organization, which included roles the past three years of first-base coach and bench coach with the big-league team. The last team he managed was Wisconsin in the Single-A Midwest League.
The pitching coach for the Lookouts will be ex-Brewer and ex-Lawrence University pitching coach Chris Bosio. That first game against West Tennessee is going to be an interesting one.
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