Michael Richard Adair (born January 19, 1958) is a former pitching coach for the

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and a former minor league baseball player. He was succeeded as pitching coach by Bill Castro.

Playing career

As a player, Adair played

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and was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the third round of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft.Rick Adair - The Baseball Cube
/ref> Injuries ended his career seven years later, having peaked at the Triple-A level.

Coaching career

He has held various coaching jobs since the end of his playing career, mostly as a minor-league pitching coach, with the

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, Detroit Tigers,

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, and

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organizations. He held major league coaching jobs with Cleveland, Detroit, and Seattle. Prior to being appointed to his former position with Seattle, Adair spent four seasons as a minor-league pitching coordinator for the Texas Rangers. He was suspended on September 11, 1997, for 2 games after a postgame confrontation with the umpires. Adair served as pitching coach for the

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.Mariners fire manager Don Wakamatsu
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. Adair took over pitching coach

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's position after the latter resigned on June 14. In August 2013 Adair went on a leave of absence, due to personal reasons, from his post as the pitching coach and was succeeded by Bill Castro.

Personal

Adair is the nephew of former MLB pitcher and pitching coach

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