Tim Flannery, the old soul who can sing a perfect three-part harmony one night then chase a baserunner from third to home the next, is calling it a career. A day after the Giants lost third baseman Pablo Sandoval, their third-base coach phoned general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy to say he was stepping down after eight seasons in San Francisco and 33 years in professional baseball. Flannery, 57, told The Chronicle by phone he is physically and emotionally spent, has done all he wants to do on the baseball field, wants to spend more time with his wife and family and devote his energies to raising money for all manner of causes through his music. [...] the all-encompassing parade of baseball seasons finally got to him. There’s a lot of collateral damage in this lifestyle I’ve had for 33 years. Physically, the grind of the season, and the way I demand how I work and what I expect of myself, I just didn’t feel I was capable in a quick turnaround to do it again. Flannery, who came to the Giants with Bochy from San Diego when the latter was hired as manager in 2007, was not your ordinary third-base coach, even putting his musical talents aside. People often joked he might reach the plate ahead of some of the slower players on the team. Henry Schulman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.
Giants’ Tim Flannery Retires: 'i’m Going To Send Myself Home Safely.’
By Henry Schulman, San Francisco Chronicle: Sports
Tue, 11/25/2014 - 2:51pm
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