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Brewers fire coaches Wynegar and Nelson
 
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Published Sept. 28, 2006 at 12:03 p.m.
Tags: brewers, coaches, wynegar, nelson

Hitting coach Butch Wynegar and first base coach Dave Nelson will not return to the Brewers next season, the club announced today.

The remainder of the coaching staff has been invited back for next season.

"We admire the work that Butch and Dave contributed to this organization," general manager Doug Melvin said in a press release. "We hold them in high regard. They both have great work ethic and are good baseball people. We just felt that there were areas of our club that did not improve over the last couple of seasons and we are hoping to get better in those areas."

Wynegar and Nelson had been with the club for the past four years.

The Brewers also that strength and conditioning specialist Rick Spenner will not be offered a contract for the 2007 season.

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