Gary Robert Tuck is currently the bullpen coach

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 for the Boston Red Sox

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A graduate of Indiana University

Indiana University

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, Tuck has 23 years of professional coaching experience. He started his baseball career as a catcher

Catcher

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 for the Montreal Expos

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 organization and played for them during three minor league

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 seasons. Following his playing retirement, he served as an assistant coach at the University of Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

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 in 1980, and Arizona State University

Arizona State University

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 in 1981.

After winning an NCAA

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 championship with Arizona State, Tuck was hired to coach for the nearby Tucson Toros

Tucson Toros

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, a Minor League

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 affiliate of the Houston Astros

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. Tuck spent eight years in the Astros organization. In 1986 he managed the Double-A Columbus Astros to a league championship, winning Southern League Manager of the Year honors.

By 1989, Tuck was a coach on the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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 Triple-A team, the Columbus Clippers

Columbus Clippers

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. In 1990, Tuck served as bullpen coach to the Yankees. The next year he was the manager of the Cleveland Indians

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 Single-A team, a job he held before switching to a Scout for the Indians.

He would rejoin the Yankees again in 1996 as their Single-A Manager. With the Yankees, Tuck won World Series

World Series

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 rings as the team catching instructor in 1998

1998 World Series

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 and 1999

1999 World Series

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. In 2006

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-Headline Event of the Year:*The 2006 World Baseball Classic final 4 teams are Japan, Cuba, Korea and the Dominican Republic, with the United States at 3–3 failing to qualify for the semi-finals. Under the leadership of manager Sadaharu Oh and veterans Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japan ...

, he served as former Yankees catcher Joe Girardi

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's bench coach in Florida, where he was best known for writing the lineup card in calligraphy

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In November 2006, the Boston Red Sox hired Tuck as their new bullpen coach. He joined pitching coach John Farrell and hitting coach Dave Magadan

Dave Magadan

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 as new members of the Red Sox coaching staff for the 2007

2007 in baseball

-Major League Baseball:*Regular Season Champions*World Series Champion – [Boston Red Sox]*Postseason – October 2 to October 28Click on any series score to link to that series' page....

 season. He earned another World Series ring as a member of Boston's 2007 championship team

2007 World Series

-Game 1:Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at Fenway Park in Boston, MassachusettsThe Red Sox cruised to a blowout win in Game 1 behind ALCS MVP Josh Beckett, who struck out nine batters, including the first four he faced, en route to his fourth win of the 2007 postseason...

. Tuck also serves as an organization-wide catching instructor during spring training

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