New Angel Battery: Lachemann and Lachemann

Marcel Lachemann took a little time out from his managerial duties Saturday to throw some batting practice with his older brother Bill, the Angels’ new bullpen and catching coach, in full gear behind the plate.

“That’s one old battery,” Marcel Lachemann, 53, said. “We’re like the Sears Die-Hard.”

Age seems to be playing tricks with Lachemann’s memory too. He has joined the growing list of managers who carry small tape recorders during spring training to log their thoughts.

“The older I get, it seems like I’ll walk from one field to another and forget what I was thinking,” Lachemann said. “This thing comes in handy. Things come up during the course of the day, and unless you write everything down, you can’t remember it all.”