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I was fully prepared to be outraged by the article, but I was disappointed. The players had to run? Someone scraped their knee because the balls were coming too fast in an infield drill? Even the hit batter drill -- you have to know how to take a pitch that's going to hit you (or when you have to take one for the team, ahem, Brett Gardner). I honestly worry that stories like this obscure coaches and programs that are a real problem.
I don't think it's uncommon for coaches taking over a program to want to weed out the previous coach's players. And players leaving en masse after a coaching change isn't too uncommon either (look at Oregon). Butler sounds like a tough coach, but not a monster.
I don't think it's uncommon for coaches taking over a program to want to weed out the previous coach's players. And players leaving en masse after a coaching change isn't too uncommon either (look at Oregon). Butler sounds like a tough coach, but not a monster.