suntimes.com - 4/5/2008
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Major League Baseball has signaled it means business about enforcing a new rule restricting baseline coaches to their boxes. Cubs third base coach Mike Quade was told where he could and could not be Thursday in the game against Milwaukee -- and Los Angeles Dodgers coach Larry Bowa learned the hard way a few days earlier.
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A League of Her Own —
... Along with his 4-for-8 effort in the three-game set against Milwaukee, that "kid we got from Japan" drew at least 1 walk in each game, including a pair on Wednesday.
"He hits deeper into the count, he doesn't chase out of the zone," Piniella said. "That's a welcome addition on this club."
Even the free-swinging Soriano got into the act, drawing a two-out, bases-loaded walk against Dave Bush in the fourth inning that gave the Cubs a 3-2 lead.
MLB getting tough with base coaches
That'll learn 'em.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue —
... fine.
Bruce Miles quotes Lou on lineups:
"I've never really had this many questions about lineups," Piniella joked with reporters prior to the series opener against Houston. "I think you all fantasize about lineups at night, I really do."
And:
"It's not the most difficult thing to do in the world," Piniella said. "It's not as hard as doing the crossword puzzle of the New York Times, I can tell you that."
Lou discusses the new mandate for base coaches to stay in the coaches' box, and the ...
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