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Rollins saw Juan Pierre and Luis Castillo provide a slashing, slap-hitting 1-2 punch atop the Marlins lineup that, combined with splendid pitching, first snatched the National League wild-card slot from the Phillies, then won the World Series.
\"And here I am, watching a team we played, like, 1,000 times, and they're winning it,\" Rollins said.
That's just about the time Bowa, in his biweekly telephone calls to Rollins, began promising his shortstop intense, daily, seasonlong, one-on-one work in bunting for base hits and other arts of bat-control - arts Bowa had mastered to contribute to the Phillies clubs on which he starred in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Suddenly, Rollins is receptive to small ball: \"For the first time, I've accepted it's a part of the game I can utilize.\"
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\"And here I am, watching a team we played, like, 1,000 times, and they're winning it,\" Rollins said.
That's just about the time Bowa, in his biweekly telephone calls to Rollins, began promising his shortstop intense, daily, seasonlong, one-on-one work in bunting for base hits and other arts of bat-control - arts Bowa had mastered to contribute to the Phillies clubs on which he starred in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Suddenly, Rollins is receptive to small ball: \"For the first time, I've accepted it's a part of the game I can utilize.\"
