Bill Castro
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"William Radhames Castro Checo" is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and former coach (baseball)/pitching coach for the Milwaukee Brewers of both the American League and National League. He was the interim pitching coach with the Baltimore Orioles of the American League. Gary Thorne of MASN reported in the broadcast of the August 27, 2013 game between the Orioles and the Boston Red Sox that Castro succeeded Rick Adair because Adair had taken a leave of absence for personal reasons starting in August 2013. Gary Thorne, broadcasting the game between the Orioles and the Los Angeles Angels on July 5, 2012 on MASN, announced that Castro became unavailable for that game because Castro suffered a tragic death in his family and returned home to the Dominican Republic.

Castro was drafted by the Brewers – then in the American League – and pitched for them from to . He played three more years with the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals before retiring.

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He would have made us a lot better.

When the team is getting better, it's tougher for a guy to make a team. And it's tougher for us coaches to make decisions. In the past, it was easy. You were just hoping to have enough guys good enough.

They came out to prove to the world they belong in pro baseball.

When is a good time to do it? Nobody knows. Right now, everybody's getting ready for the season in spring training. They're in the same boat, except for the guys who played winter ball.