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Arizona holds special memories for Padres’ Green
- Updated: May 27, 2016
PHOENIX — If Andy Green’s first trip to Chase Field as a manager is anything like his first trip here as a player, it should be a successful weekend for the Padres.
Green — who spent seven seasons as an infielder in the D-backs organization and four seasons as a coach and Minor League manager — made his big league debut in Toronto on June 12, 2004. But he didn’t record his first hit until three days later, in his first at-bat at Chase Field.
Facing Yankees right-hander Jose Contreras, Green launched a two-run fifth-inning dinger into the left-field seats.
“It’s always a special moment, your first hit,” Green said. “You spend your whole life dreaming about that moment and then it comes as a home run against the Yankees. You don’t forget about those moments.”
Said hitting coach Alan Zinter, Green’s teammate at the …
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