William Radhames Castro Checo (born March 29, 1952) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher and former pitching coach for the Milwaukee Brewers of both the American League and National League. He was the interim pitching coach with the Baltimore Orioles of the American League. Gary Thorne of MASN reported in the broadcast of the August 27, 2013 game between the Orioles and the Boston Red Sox that Castro succeeded Rick Adair because Adair had taken a leave of absence for personal reasons starting in August 2013. Gary Thorne, broadcasting the game between the Orioles and the Los Angeles Angels on July 5, 2012 on MASN, announced that Castro became unavailable for that game because of a death in his family and returned home to the Dominican Republic. Castro was drafted by the Brewers – then in the American League – and pitched for them from to . He played three more years with the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals before retiring. He was traded from the Yankees to the California Angels for Butch Hobson during spring training on March 24, 1982. The longest-serving member of the Brewers' coaching staff, Castro was named bullpen coach in by rookie manager Phil Garner. Late in the 2002 season, Castro also briefly served as pitching coach after the resignation of Dave Stewart. He then returned to his bullpen role until he was named pitching coach by new Milwaukee manager Ken Macha on November 7, 2008. The season marked Castro's 18th consecutive season as a Brewer coach. Castro was subsequently fired as pitching coach on August 12, 2009 and replaced with former Brewer Chris Bosio. Castro was the pitching coach for the Dominican Republic's entry in the inaugural World Baseball Classic. References External links 1953 births Living people Águilas Cibaeñas players Columbus Clippers players Danville Warriors players Dominican Republic baseball coaches Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Canada Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States Dominican Republic national baseball team people Kansas City Royals players Major League Baseball bullpen coaches Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball pitching coaches Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic Milwaukee Brewers coaches Milwaukee Brewers players Newark Co-Pilots players New York Yankees players Sacramento Solons players Vancouver Canadians players Tacoma Tigers players