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- Updated: May 15, 2016
CHICAGO — A few days before Jung Ho Kang played a starring role in a 2-1 Pirates victory against the Cubs at Wrigley Field, manager Clint Hurdle was in his office raving about Kang’s meaning to the team.
Kang came to the Pirates before last season with plenty of fanfare, but Hurdle tried not to set expectations.
“With my experience in the game and just the years I have, if you create expectations, more often than not, they lead to resentments,” Hurdle said. “I found it best in my dealings with players to don’t even put that on them. Let them have the chalkboard, let them write on it, let them show you what they can do, give them the opportunities. You listen to them, you watch them, they tell you who they are and they tell you what they are.”
Early on, Kang showed the entire league he was a player who belonged in the Majors. And he just keeps adding to that reputation.
Sunday, in only his eighth game since returning from a major knee …
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