Gone are the days when much of the minor-league system was outside the skipper’s purview; a modern manager is expected to be plugged into player development. “When I got called up [by the Cubs], [Manager] Lou Piniella had no idea who I was,” Fuld recalls. “He was like, ‘Can you play left field?’ [I thought], ‘Sure, but why don’t you know this?’”
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