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A lot of times when I'm bored online, I'll go to Wikipedia and click on the "Random Article" button aand read about the weirdest of crap. So random article took me to Jeff Manto, who was the hitting coach for Pittsburgh in 2006-07. I thought this particular passage was interesting/neat:
During his time as the Pirates hitting coach, Manto saw the future breakout potential of then Pirate, Jose Bautista.[1] According to Keith Olbermann, Manto had said of Bautista, "If we can get him to replicate his swing three days in a row, Jose Bautista could hit 25 homers a year. In fact, I think he could hit 40. He is just so easily frustrated when it doesn’t go right that he blames himself and forgets what he’s learned. Or ignores it. But of all these guys I have, if you want one of them who will eventually do something special in this game, I’d pick him. I wouldn’t be very surprised."
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