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The crack of Cody Bellinger’s bat broke up the pregame stillness on a late-September afternoon at Wrigley Field. Bellinger was running through two staple drills, first kicking through with his back leg, then switching to a ‘‘flamingo’’ stance with his front knee raised high.
They’re drills he often works on in the batting cages to help him solidify his base, but he also likes to see the flight path of the ball. So once or twice a week at Wrigley, he would take the field early with Cubs hitting coach Dustin Kelly.