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Article: Curtis to tutor Power pitchers: Coach was injured last season when a line drive hit him in the head during batting practice

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February 7, 2006
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DAILY MAIL SPORTS EDITOR

John Curtis is more than OK.

He's got the Power back.

Curtis, the West Virginia Power's pitching coach last season until he was struck in the head and seriously injured by a line drive in an Aug. 6 batting practice accident, will return to Charleston's South Atlantic League baseball club as a coach in 2006.

The parent Milwaukee Brewers have sent the Power a new manager, Mike Guerrero.

Curtis, a 15-season veteran of five Major League clubs, will be joined on the staff by hitting coach Mike Lum, who has spent the past 15 seasons as the Chicago White Sox's minor league hitting coordinator.

Curtis, 57, was hospitalized for five days in Greensboro, N.C., after being hit ...

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