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"We had a game plan in spring training," [Lloyd Glenn McClendon] explained. "We wanted to stress to the players to be patient, take more walks, understand the two strike approach and instill the ability to grind it out everyday."
"He's been a manger," [Jim Leyland] noted, "so he's had to deal with everybody on a team. Most people who have only been coaches deal only with their position. But Mac has had to do it all and it shows in what he's doing with these players.""He's staying focused at the plate," McClendon said of [Ordonez], "and as a result, he has consistently been getting good at-bats. I also think batting between (Curtis) Granderson, Placido (Polanco), [Gary Sheffield] and Carlos Guillen, all of whom are having good years, has helped Maggs, too."See the full content of this document
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The Transformer
DETROIT (Real Times News Service)-The Detroit Tigers are in the middle of another exciting pennant race and most baseball aficionados know that pitching is usually the key to any team's aspirations for baseball glory.
However, in the Motor City, hit...See the full content of this document
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