Rick Sweet will manager of the Estrellas Orientales in the 2011-2012 season of professional baseball, said Friday that the club's general manager, Eddy Toledo.
U.S. coach driver will be as a team from the League of Professional Baseball in the Dominican Republic for the second time.
was the foreman of the Cibao Eagles in the 2009-2010 campaign. That just did not finish in front of the club. In his playing days, acted as a receiver with the Lions of the Chosen.
Today, Sweet, 48, leads the team Louisville Bats, a branch of the Cincinnati Reds in the Triple A (International League), where upon arrival on Friday was the second position (20-14) in the Western Division, five games behind the leaders of the Columbus Clippers (Cleveland).
Sweet is in his seventh season as manager of the Louisville team, which has been the winningest coach for life, with a record of 486 and 408, in wins to date this Friday.
His career as a manager was started in 1987. His record in 23 seasons in these roles is from 1.535 to 1.463.
His win total is the fifth highest in the list of active managers in the minor leagues.
As a player, Sweet served from 1975 to 1983, including three seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball with the San Diego Padres, New York Mets and Seattle Mariners.
All-Star team was runner-up tournament Dominican last winter, when co-led the regular season, tied with the Toros del Este and Lions of the Chosen. Final Series eventually lost to the Bulls, winners of the competition.
The managers of the Stars in the last tournament were Brian Harper and Bobby Magallanes. This originally was hired as hitting coach and took over the club, when Harper was fired.
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