Rick Peterson is the Savior/Devil

Why does everyone have to be hot or cold with stuff like this?

Rick Peterson isn't going to drastically change people in a few weeks, and the difference he makes is going to be quite small. There's also the chance that for every 2 guys he helps he may hamper another.

If Victor Zambrano cannot be fixed, it doesn't mean Rick Peterson is a failure, and if Kaz Ishii throws a gem, IT DOESN'T MEAN RICK PETERSON IS THE REASON WHY EITHER.

Let us not forget that Kaz Ishii has the 4th best winning percentage among all active major league pitchers before the all-star break. Let us not forget that he has thrown a significant number of games in the past similar to the one he threw last night, using the same tactics and pitches. Was last night's victory Ishii's, or Petersons? I'm going with Ishii on this one. Let's see Ishii's game blossom with the addition of a new Peterson pitch or his second half numbers drastically improve before we call Peteron the Savior.

Hitting coaches and pitching coaches are very overrated in baseball, but they can make a small difference. How they matter has to be weighed on an individual basis with each player they work with and how that impacts the team, not so much as a collective body of work or an overall regime. Think of hitting and pitching coaches as psychiatrists more so than teachers, since that is essentially what they are.

Some guys don't want to listen to psychiastrists. Other guys do, but it doesn't seem to help them anyway. Other guys pick on the bones of instructions and implement certain elements into their life. It is very much the same with pitching and hitting coaches.

Let's not get carried away with Rick Peterson one way or the other. Use you own minds, don't let the desperate media hounds drive your opinions. These are Major League ballplayers here, not children, and Rick Peterson is a human with an opinion or two, not a diety.