Bob Apodaca steps down.

[Old Sweater]

http://www.denverpost.com/rockies/ci...pitching-coach

A week after converting to a four-man rotation, the Rockies are going with two pitching coaches. Neither is named Bob Apodaca.

The longest-tenured coach in Rockies history walked into general manager Dan O'Dowd's office Tuesday afternoon and stepped down. He was immediately reassigned as an assistant to the GM, leaving Bo McLaughlin and Jim Wright to serve as co-pitching coaches for the remainder of the season.

"He said for a lack of a better word that he was tired and needed a break," O'Dowd said of Apodaca. "So I will have him do some special assignment work that I have been kicking around. And this will give him a chance to catch his breath."

IMO, Apodaca didn't care much for the 4 man rotation with a 75 pitch limit. Like they say, you want a good pitching coach, give him some good pitchers.

[RickD]

Well they forced his hand by tying his hands really.

[Old Sweater]

Read that John Smoltz liked the idea for the 4 man/75 pitch rotation. Said nothing else is working for them so why not, which I more or less agree with. In baseball, the bum on the corner could come up with an idea that would work at times.

I liked it much better when our 4 or 5 starter, Josh Fogg, ate up some innings and had a .500 record and was called the 'Dragon Slayer' after beating a few #1's.