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Article: Yost switches Sexson
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- June 22, 2003
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Brewers Notes
Yost switches Sexson, Jenkins in order
By DREW OLSON dolson@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel
Sunday, June 22, 2003
With a few simple strokes of his pen, Milwaukee Brewers manager
Ned Yost put an end to a lineup experiment that began in spring
training.
After starting 70 of the first 72 games in the No. 3 spot in the
batting order, first baseman Richie Sexson moved back to the cleanup
spot Saturday night against Minnesota. He flipped positions with
Geoff Jenkins, who had hit fourth in all 64 of his starts this
season.
The move was not a big deal to Sexson, who has hit cleanup 343
times in 724 big-league games, or Jenkins, who has hit third 196
times in his 591-game ...