Joe Vavra born 1959 in Chippewa Fall, Wisconsin. He currently is the pitching coach for the Minnesota Twins. He was the Chippewa Falls High School M.V.P and Captain his senior year. He played college baseball at the University of Wisconsin-Stout from 1978 to 1982 where he graduated with a degree in Industrial Technology. In 1982 he was selected to play amateur baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Joe played five years and making it to AAA amateur in 1986. He never made it to the majors because of two injuries. First he broke his thumb on his last AAA game and then after recovering he found out that he has a disease called Desert Fever where this disease ate at his lungs. In 2002 he was named the Minnesota Twins hitting coach.
i hope this coming year they will have a good team.
ReplyDeleteSounds like he has had quite the experince with injuries!
ReplyDeleteI wouldnt guess that there would be a coach for batting but learned something new.
ReplyDeleteIt's too bad the injuries prevented him from getting to the majors. How bad is his disease?
ReplyDeleteBad enough to where he couldn't play any more
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