REPORT: Phil Pohl ‘Awesome’
At Spring Training In Arizona
MESA, Ariz. – One of the fresh young faces in A’s camp this spring already has a major-league job sewn up and comes with Hall of Fame credentials, sportwiter Matt Kawahara reports for the Sacramento (Calif.) Bee.
That would be Phil Pohl, who’s embarking on his first season as the A’s new bullpen catcher. Pohl was born in Bakersfield but grew up in Cooperstown, N.Y., and he caught for several seasons in Oakland’s minor-league system before being named over the winter to replace former bullpen catcher Casey Chavez, who retired to become a minister.
“He’s awesome,” A’s closer Sean Doolittle said of Pohl. “He’s going to fit right in”…
