Gary Tuck
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Gary Robert Tuck (born 1954 in Amsterdam, New York) is currently the bullpen coach for the Boston Red Sox.
A graduate of Indiana University, Tuck has 23 years of professional coaching experience. He started his baseball career as a catcher for the Montreal Expos organization and played for them during three minor league seasons. Following his playing retirement, he served as an assistant coach at Arizona State University. He also has worked for the Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, New York Yankees and Florida Marlins organizations.
With the Yankees, Tuck won World Series rings as the team catching instructor in 1998 and 1999. In 2006, he served as Joe Girardi's bench coach in Florida, where he was best known for writing the lineup card in calligraphy [1]. It is reported that his well-known sour disposition contributed to some of the tension between Girardi and the Marlins' front office.[citation needed]
In November 2006, the Boston Red Sox hired Tuck as their new bullpen coach. He joined pitching coach Jon Farrell and hitting coach Dave Magadan as new members of the Red Sox coaching staff for the 2007 season.
