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Home run blast banged high off the new huge scoreboard

By John Jackson
CHICAGO — Like he has after each of his 23 home runs this season, Kris Bryant simply dropped his bat and began circling the bases.

The fact that this blast banged high off the new huge scoreboard at the back of the left-field bleachers at Wrigley Field didn’t seem to matter much to him. Really, the Chicago Cubs rookie slugger probably watched less of this particular home run because there was never any doubt it had the distance to leave the playing field.

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John Mallee Talks Hitting ~ Inside the Clubhouse

Story by: Chicago Cubs Online ~ Neil

Cubs’ hitting coach John Mallee spent the last segment of Saturday’s Inside the Clubhouse (670 The Score) talking about several of his players with Bruce Levine and Jordan Bernfield.

The Cubs have a dynamic group of young hitters John Mallee and Eric Hinske work with on a daily basis. Mallee discussed the challenges young players deal with in the majors, the adjustments that were recently made with Jorge Soler and the slight change Kris Bryant made to his swing.

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Another new skipper, but Coghlan finds familiarity in Cubs camp Outfielder, reunited with hitting coach, to play for seventh manager in seven season

Carrie Muskat – MLB.com – March 9, 2015

MESA, Ariz. — It’s a new season, which means a new manager for Cubs outfielder Chris Coghlan, his seventh in as many years. But this time, it’s a little different for Coghlan, because he’s reunited with the same hitting coach who was with him when he won the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 2009 while with the Marlins.

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