Gene Lamont is returning to the dugout as a special advisor to Pittsburgh Pirates manager Don Kelly. Lamont was the Pirates' manager from 1997 to 2000 and previously served as a coach under Jim Leyland.

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,

Gene Lamont is back where he once belonged. The Pittsburgh Pirates have hired their former manager as a special advisor to current manager Don Kelly.