ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA (TICKER) — Texas Rangers pitching coach Dick Bosman was released from UC-Irvine Medical Center today after undergoing surgery to repair a fractured right hip suffered while in-line skating outside Edison Field on June 28.
Bosman, 55, had a screw and a plate inserted into his right hip. He has returned home to Texas and is expected to be limit his duties for four to six weeks after the All-Star break.
In Bosman’s absence, bullpen coach Larry Hardy has served as the Rangers’ pitching coach and minor league hitting instructor Butch Wynegar has assumed the role of bullpen coach.
Bosman is in his 28th year in professional baseball and fifth as a coach with Texas. He also served as the pitching coach under current Rangers manager Johnny Oates in Baltimore from 1992-94.
