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A's hire replacements for Wakamatsu & Van Burkleo

Official Release 

Waller = Bench Coach; Steverson = 1B Coach; and Skaalen = Hitting Coach.

The Oakland A's named Jim Skaalen as hitting coach and Todd Steverson as first base coach today. The club also announced that Tye Waller will move from first base coach to bench coach on manager Bob Geren's coaching staff for the 2009 season.

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Skaalen Article

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Steverson


Skaalen joins the A's after spending the last two seasons as the Milwaukee Brewers' hitting coach.

Steverson has spent the last four seasons managing in the A's minor league system, most recently at Sacramento where he guided the River Cats to their second consecutive Triple-A and Pacific Coast League championships in 2008.