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Chris Coghlan's slide the norm at second base

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Ho Kang injured after Coghlan slide

Cubs outfielder Chris Coghlan gets tangled up with Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang and injures the shortstop, who suffered a torn MCL and fractured tibia after sliding into second base. Kang left the game during the top of the first inning.

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      Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers the Chicago Cubs for ESPNChicago.com and ESPN Radio 1000.
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PITTSBURGH -- Neither the Pittsburgh Pirates nor Jung Ho Kang, through his agent, have indicated a belief that Chicago Cubs outfielder Chris Coghlan’s slide into second base, which ended Kang’s season on Thursday afternoon, was dirty.