Texas Rangers’ new hitting coach wants to change thinking, not swings

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The former Colorado Rockies manager plans to start work ASAP.

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Opinion by GIL LeBRETON

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Rangers hire Hurdle as hitting coach

The former Colorado manager is hired as hitting coach and is planning to start working ASAP.

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