Newman settles into regular role in Bucs' infield

Newman's double scores Kramer MILWAUKEE -- Pirates manager Clint Hurdle called rookie infielder Kevin Newman into his office about a week ago.

The team's 2015 first-round Draft pick seemed overwhelmed since being called up on Aug. 16. He had three hits in his first 30 at-bats. The game is fast in the big leagues, and Newman was struggling to keep pace.

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"I said, 'How you doing?'" Hurdle said. "He says, 'I'm OK.' As you all have heard me say before, when people say they're OK, they're not OK. Because OK is a Latin term for mediocre. [Medius] means halfway, [ocris] means stony hill. So you're halfway up a stony hill. How comfortable is that?

"So we just walked through it. I…