Former Cutters Manager Beasley Named Pirates 3rd Base Coach
Led Williamsport to '01 Title
November 21 - After conducting more than a week of interviews, Pirates general manager Neal Huntington and manager John Russell have filled the Pirates 3rd base coaching slot.

The Pirates stayed within the organization and named Tony Beasley the team's new third-base coach.  Beasley makes the jump to the Majors after spending the last season as the Pittsburgh's Minor League infield coordinator. The 2007 season marked his first back with the Pirates organization after a one year hiatus in which he was the third-base coach for the Washington Nationals.

"He brings a lot to the table in terms of discipline, energy and an ability to teach," Huntington said.

Having had a gamut of coaching instruction, Beasley will likely fit in as the infield and/or baserunning instructor once the coaching staff is completely filled out.

Beasley's association with the Pirates goes all the way back to 1992. He played in the organization's Minor League system back in the early '90s and went on to manage within the Pirates farm system for five seasons, including Williamsport in 2001. In four of those five managerial seasons, Beasley, 40, led his club into postseason play, including in 2001, when he managed the Cutters to their first New York-Penn League Championship.

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