Albert Pujols expressed his displeasure with Mickey Hatcher:

Hatcher told a couple of Angels beat reporters before the game that Pujols essentially stood up and told his teammates that he won’t be flailing as he is all season, and that he’s got first-hand experience with clubs that have conquered losing streaks and hitting slumps to win in the end.

Not exactly overly sexy stuff. Nevertheless, Pujols was not happy after Monday’s game when he learned that secrets were shared.

“Mickey should have never told you guys that,” Pujols said. “That stuff needs to be private. He should have never told the media.

This seems minor to me. The bigger question is why Mickey Hatcher ever got a job as a hitting coach. He was a poor hitter with no plate discipline. It took Bobby Abreu coming to town to get the Angels to start taking pitches, and that didn’t last very long. There have been players who weren’t good hitters who made fine coaches. I’ve never seen any evidence that Mickey Hatcher is one of them.