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Hitting Coach Gig A Chance For Bonds To Make Impact On Marlins' Young Core

Credit: Steve Mitchell - USA TODAY Sports

Barry Bonds has the opportunity to take a young Marlins lineup to new heights.

When does a Major League Baseball team head into Spring Training with the spotlight on their hitting coach? Never. Then again, no Major League team has ever had the all-time Home Run King as their hitting coach.

But even so, it’s still kind of interesting.

You might think the buzz would surround Don Mattingly, a borderline Hall-of-Famer in his own right as a player, who just led the Dodgers to three straight division titles for the first time in franchise history and now has a chance to turn things around in Miami.