Red Sox Minor League Skipper, Scout and Coach
Bailey joined the Boston Red Sox as manager of their Class A Lynchburg Red Sox affiliate in the Carolina League in 1991–1992. He then became the ninth skipper in the history of the AAA Pawtucket Red Sox in 1993, the youngest manager in team history at the time. He would lead the "PawSox" for seven seasons, spread over two terms (1993–1996; 2002–2004). Under Bailey, the PawSox played for the 2003 Governors' Cup, the championship of the International League. They were defeated by the Durham Bulls. He won Manager of the Year twice in the IL, in 1996 and 2003, becoming one of only four managers to do that in league history.
Bailey also spent one season (2000) as the bench coach for the parent Red Sox and was Boston's advance scout, field coordinator of minor league instruction, or roving catching instructor during the period of 1997–1999 and in 2001. Bailey also has been the manager of Tigres de Aragua of the Venezuelan Winter League (LVBP) since 2002 and has six championships, and two sub-championship in nine finals. Bailey was named the Manager of the Year in 2006-2007.
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