William Radhames Castro Checo (born March 29, 1952) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher and former pitching coach for the Milwaukee Brewers of both the

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and

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. He was the interim pitching coach with the

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of the

. Gary Thorne of

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reported in the broadcast of the August 27, 2013 game between the Orioles and the Boston Red Sox that Castro succeeded Rick Adair because Adair had taken a leave of absence for personal reasons starting in August 2013. Gary Thorne, broadcasting the game between the Orioles and the

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on July 5, 2012, on MASN, announced that Castro became unavailable for that game because of a death in his family and returned home to the Dominican Republic. Castro was drafted by the Brewers – then in the

– and pitched for them from to . He played three more years with the

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and Kansas City Royals before retiring. He was traded from the

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to the California Angels for

Butch Hobson Clell Lavern "Butch" Hobson Jr. (born August 17, 1951) is an American former professional baseball third baseman and manager. He is the current manager for the Chicago Dogs of the American Association of Professional Baseball. Hobson played in ...

during spring training on March 24, 1982."The New York Yankees Wednesday acquired third baseman Butch...," ''United Press International'' (UPI), Wednesday, March 24, 1982.
Retrieved November 25, 2022. The longest-serving member of the Brewers' coaching staff, Castro was named bullpen coach in by rookie

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. Late in the 2002 season, Castro also briefly served as pitching coach after the resignation of Dave Stewart. He then returned to his bullpen role until he was named pitching coach by new Milwaukee manager

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on November 7, 2008. The season marked Castro's 18th consecutive season as a Brewer coach. Castro was subsequently fired as pitching coach on August 12, 2009, and replaced with former Brewer Chris Bosio. Castro was the pitching coach for the

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's entry in the inaugural

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