CLEVELAND White Sox coach Walt Hriniak doesn't get ruffled whenothers suggest ways to pitch his batters.
He had no problem when Yankees television analyst and futureHall of Famer Tom Seaver said the way to pitch 6-5 Frank Thomas is upand in "to tie him up." Or when Detroit pitcher Walt Terrellsaid he pitches all the Sox in "because they jump out across theplate."
Hriniak: "That's fine; that's their opinions. We happen tothink we can hit all kinds of pitching - up and in, down or away,whatever.
"We don't start Frank up and have him hit down on the ball. Westart him low and he swings into the ball. We don't teach anyone tohit down. What would be the …

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