Team USA adds hitting coach Ken Griffey Jr., first base coach Lou Collier to WBC staff

Dave Clark, Cincinnati Enquirer
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Team USA announced Tuesday that manager Mark DeRosa's coaching staff for the World Baseball Classic will include former Moeller High School standout and Reds Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. as hitting coach and Lou Collier, the father of the Reds' first-round pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, Cam Collier, as first base coach.

Hall of Fame baseball player and former Cincinnati Reds center fielder Ken Griffey Jr., left, asks his dad and fellow Hall of Fame player Ken Griffey Sr., if heÕd like to play catch before a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, at the MLB Field of Dreams stadium in Dyersville, Iowa.
Hall of Fame baseball player and former Cincinnati Reds center fielder Ken Griffey Jr., left, asks his dad and fellow Hall of Fame player Ken Griffey Sr., if heÕd like to play catch before a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, at the MLB Field of Dreams stadium in Dyersville, Iowa.

Rounding out DeRosa's staff are bench coach Jerry Manuel, pitching coach Andy Pettitte, third base coach Dino Ebel and bullpen coach Dave Righetti.

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