Gene Lamont hadn’t been in uniform since 2017, his last year as the Detroit Tigers’ bench coach. And it had been 25 years since he managed the Pittsburgh Pirates.

As he considered coming out of retirement to join the Pittsburgh Pirates as a special advisor to manager Don Kelly, Gene Lamont needed Kelly to get two things straight. No. 1, Kelly, who’s been ejected twice through his first eight games as skipper,

When Don Kelly inherited the managerial title last week, he also inherited most of the Pirates’ coaching staff. There was one glaring hole, though -- his old job, bench coach. He had a dream candidate: Gene Lamont.