If the Rangers start to look like the Chicago Cubs at the plate this season, it will not be a coincidence.
The Rangers brought in Anthony Iapoce from the Cubs as their sixth hitting coach in the last eight years. As overseer of Cubs minor-league hitters for the last three years, Iapoce played a major role in an organizational shift on hitting.
"It was hard for us to give him up," said Jason McLeod, Cubs senior vice president for player development and amateur scouting. "But we knew this would happen someday."
The Cubs follow the "win every pitch'' mantra, a term that Iapoce will often use.