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<span style=3D"font-size:18px;">Raised by a single mother, <strong>Chuck=
 McElroy</strong> was heavily influenced growing up by his high school b=
aseball coach in Port Arthur, Texas -- a man named <strong>Cordell Linds=
ey.</strong> McElroy wound up getting drafted out of Lincoln High School=
 in Port Arthur and played 13 seasons in the big leagues, and he=E2=80=99=
s used his experience and knowledge to try to mentor as many young playe=
rs as he can.</span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
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<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px">
<span style=3D"font-size:18px;">McElroy has coached hundreds of kids in =
the Houston area since his playing career ended and takes pride in sayin=
g he=E2=80=99s helped 99 percent of them get scholarships, using his dee=
p connections with scouts and coaches. None of those players had reached=
 the Major Leagues, though, prior to this year, when Astros outfielder <=
strong>Corey Julks</strong> made Houston=E2=80=99s Opening Day roster.</=
span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px;">Julks, who grew up in the Houston =
area and attended the University of Houston, played for one of McElroy=E2=
=80=99s select summer travel teams when he was 9 years old. Julks played=
 second base, shortstop, third base and the outfield, and McElroy knew i=
mmediately that Julks had something special.</span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px;">=E2=80=9CHe was a good athlete,=E2=
=80=9D McElroy said. =E2=80=9CHe was playing with my youngest son, Satch=
el, at the time. He and Satchel bonded and he and Satchel fed off each o=
ther." (Chuck=E2=80=99s father-in-law, Sylvester Cooper, is the brother =
of former big leaguer/Astros manager <strong>Cecil Cooper </strong>and p=
layed with <strong>Satchel Paige</strong> in the Negro Leagues.)</span><=
/p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px;">McElroy remembers Julks as a good =
athlete, a good student of the game.</span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px">
<span style=3D"font-size:18px;">=E2=80=9CYou could just tell during that=
 time,=E2=80=9D he said. =E2=80=9CYou could tell some kids got it, and s=
ome kids don=E2=80=99t. And he had it from the beginning I saw him.=E2=80=
=9D</span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
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<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px">
<span style=3D"font-size:18px;">McElroy, 55, was a lefty relief pitcher =
who made 654 career appearances (seven starts) with nine teams, with mos=
t of his time coming with the Cubs (192 games from 1991-93). He began co=
aching youth baseball when Satchel was little, and now has both his sons=
 -- Satchel and C.J. -- helping him coach 11 youth teams.</span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">=C2=A0</=
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 was kind of putting me on the game within the game,=E2=80=9D said Julks=
, who=E2=80=99s slashing .317/.323/.476 with two homers and eight RBIs i=
n 18 games played. =E2=80=9CHe was showing me the little things that I n=
eeded to learn and fine tune. He was awesome. His son, Satchel, was also=
 on that team and I played with him and we became friends. Chuck was awe=
some.=E2=80=9D</span></p>
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9Y29yZXklMjBqdWxrcyZjcD1DTVNfRklSU1QmcXQ9RlJFRVRFWFQmcD0wJnBhcnRuZXJJZD1=
6aC0yMDIzMDQyNi04OTI4NzItTUxCLTEtQSZxaWQ9MTAwMDAwMDM4JnV0bV9pZD16aC0yMDI=
zMDQyNi04OTI4NzItTUxCLTEtQSZidF9lZT1IN0FTcGhDUzhVN2dJTnRxellFQlJQJTJGTWl=
PN1BUN0JTSlI2QkRqeVMlMkJEVXJwcnhsMVhiR0Y5NDcwSkQxMW5RdyZidF90cz0xNjgyNTM=
2MjA3MDc2/soe3763970c" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"outline:none" tabindex=
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948420.jpg" style=3D"display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:600px;max-=
width:100%" width=3D"600" alt=3D"Corey Julks" title=3D"Corey Julks"></a>=
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lpadding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-tab=
le-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class=3D"p=
ad"><div style=3D"color:#000;direction:ltr;font-family:Arial,Helvetica N=
eue,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0=
;line-height:120%;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:21.599999999999998=
px">
<p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">
McElroy is blunt. He=E2=80=99s into coaching for the kids and nothing el=
se. He doesn=E2=80=99t put up with players who aren=E2=80=99t motivated =
and doesn=E2=80=99t allow pushy parents to be part of his organization, =
which is called the =E2=80=9CTruth Express.=E2=80=9D And McElroy certain=
ly talks the truth.</p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">
=E2=80=9CI teach the game,=E2=80=9D he said. =E2=80=9CEven in youth spor=
ts, you don=E2=80=99t see too many kids or too many parents that listen.=
 Everybody is about winning and rankings and all that. I tell the kids t=
hat play for me, =E2=80=98I=E2=80=99m not here to win, I=E2=80=99m not h=
ere to lose, I=E2=80=99m here to teach you the game and how to play thro=
ugh failures of this game. At a young age, stop putting pressure on your=
self and play the game you love. You=E2=80=99re not going to do good eve=
ry single day, and even I had to [learn] that at the highest level.=E2=80=
=9D
</p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">McElroy said he learned basebal=
l is a game of failure from teammates like Hall of Famers <strong>Barry =
Larkin</strong> in Cincinnati and <strong>Cal Ripken Jr.</strong> in Bal=
timore.</p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">=E2=80=9CI listened to them on =
how to play the game, how to love the game, how to play through failures=
 of this game,=E2=80=9D he said. =E2=80=9CCorey did a lot of that. He wa=
s a good student of the game.=E2=80=9D</p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">
McElroy was part of a group of former Major League players who were at M=
inute Maid Park on <strong>Jackie Robinson</strong> <strong>Day </strong=
>earlier this month. Julks, Astros manager <strong>Dusty Baker</strong> =
and teammate<strong> Alex Bregman</strong> talked to dozens of high scho=
ol players and took questions about what it takes to be a big leaguer. M=
cElroy admitted he was a little =E2=80=9Cstarstruck=E2=80=9D seeing one =
of his former players in a big league uniform.</p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px">=E2=80=9CI told him to be quiet=
, stay humble, play the game hard and ask questions,=E2=80=9D he said. =E2=
=80=9CI said, You=E2=80=99ve got a good manager, a manager that I would =
have loved to play for and that manager is going to have your back. Just=
 play hard and respect the game and you=E2=80=99re going to have a lot o=
f people respect you, and it=E2=80=99s going to take you a long way.=E2=80=
=99=E2=80=9D</p>
<p style=3D"margin:0">So far, so good.</p>
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cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-t=
able-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class=3D"row-con=
tent stack" align=3D"center" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D=
"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0=
;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:600px" width=3D"600"><tbody><tr><td cl=
ass=3D"column column-1" width=3D"100%" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-t=
able-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding=
-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;=
border-left:0">
<table class=3D"divider_block block-1" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellp=
adding=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table=
-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class=3D"pad"><div class=3D"alignm=
ent" align=3D"center"><table border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D=
"0" role=3D"presentation" width=3D"100%" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0;mso=
-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class=3D"divider_inner" style=3D"font-size:1px;=
line-height:1px;border-top:3px solid #002d62"><span>=E2=80=8A</span></td=
></tr></table></div></td></tr></table>
<table class=3D"text_block block-2" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadd=
ing=3D"10" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-ls=
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div style=3D"font-family:sans-serif"><div class style=3D"font-size:14px;=
font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-al=
t:16.8px;color:#002d62;line-height:1.2"><p style=3D"margin:0;mso-line-he=
ight-alt:16.8px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px;"><strong>CHASING WILLY</=
strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table>
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iv class=3D"alignment" align=3D"center" style=3D"line-height:10px"><a hr=
ef=3D"https://e.mail.mlblists.com/click?EcmNydXpAc2FwYXNlcXVpcG1lbnQuY29=
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WFsLWRjY2IwMDMzZjc4NTQ4NDc1MGUwOTdkY2FjZGQwOTVjLTEiLCJyZCI6InNhcGFzZXF1a=
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EtQSZxaWQ9MTAwMDAwMDM4JnV0bV9pZD16aC0yMDIzMDQyNi04OTI4NzItTUxCLTEtQSZidF=
9lZT1IN0FTcGhDUzhVN2dJTnRxellFQlJQJTJGTWlPN1BUN0JTSlI2QkRqeVMlMkJEVXJwcn=
hsMVhiR0Y5NDcwSkQxMW5RdyZidF90cz0xNjgyNTM2MjA3MDc2/sob4a1ea893" target=3D=
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ght:auto;border:0;width:600px;max-width:100%" width=3D"600" alt=3D"Mauri=
cio Dub=C3=B3n" title=3D"Mauricio Dub=C3=B3n"></a></div></td>
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pace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class=3D"pad"><=
div style=3D"font-family:sans-serif"><div class style=3D"font-size:14px;=
font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-al=
t:16.8px;color:#2f241d;line-height:1.2">
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px">
<span style=3D"font-size:18px;">Astros second baseman <strong>Mauricio D=
ub=C3=B3n</strong>, filling in for the injured Jose Altuve, extended his=
 hitting streak to 19 games Tuesday with two doubles, which were only th=
e sixth and seventh extra-base hits he=E2=80=99s had during the streak. =
Dub=C3=B3n went 0-for-3 on Opening Day and has a hit in every subsequent=
 game he=E2=80=99s played, including six doubles and a triple. Only seve=
n times during the streak has he had multiple hits.<br><br>
</span><span style=3D"font-size:18px;">That=E2=80=99s reminiscent of the=
 club-record 30-game hitting streak set by speedy center fielder <strong=
>Willy Taveras</strong> from July 27-Aug. 27, 2006, which broke <strong>=
Jeff Kent=E2=80=99s</strong> previous club record of 25 set in 2004. Tav=
eras hit .349 during his streak, which included 38 singles, five doubles=
, one triple, and one homer. The most amazing aspect of Taveras=E2=80=99=
 streak, though, is that he had an 0-for-11 slump in the middle of it.<b=
r><br>
</span><span style=3D"font-size:18px;">Wait, how=E2=80=99s that possible=
?<br><br></span><span style=3D"font-size:18px;">Taveras singled in his f=
irst at-bat in an 8=E2=80=936, 18-inning loss to the Chicago Cubs on Aug=
. 15, 2006, and went 0-for-8 the rest of the game (1-for-9 in the game).=
 The next game, he was hitless in his first three at-bats before beating=
 out a bunt single in the seventh inning to extend his hitting streak.</=
span></p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px" aria-hid=
den=3D"true">=C2=A0</p>
<p style=3D"margin:0;font-size:18px;mso-line-height-alt:21.5999999999999=
98px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px;">That hitting streak wasn=E2=80=99t=
 as unusual as <strong>Tony Eusebio=E2=80=99s</strong> during the 2000 s=
eason. Eusebio, a burly backup catcher for the Astros, set a club record=
 with a 24-game hitting streak accomplished over 45 games (and 51 days) =
because he didn=E2=80=99t play every day.</span></p>
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THE WEEK</strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table>
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ad"><div style=3D"color:#000;direction:ltr;font-family:Arial,Helvetica N=
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px"><p style=3D"margin:0">
=E2=80=9CI remember I had my first Chick-Fil-A when they first opened in=
 the =E2=80=9870s out here. ... I remember me and [teammate] <strong>Ral=
ph [Garr] </strong>wanted some Chick-Fil-A on a Sunday and I found out i=
t wasn=E2=80=99t open on Sunday. So I had to go to Burger King.=E2=80=9D=
 <em>-- Baker while reminiscing about the start of his playing career wi=
th the Braves while in Atlanta on Sunday.</em></p></div></td></tr></tabl=
e>
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