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Giants hire the perfect 1980s star to teach the art of base stealing

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Bruce Bochy couldn’t remember a time in his catching career when he threw out Vince Coleman trying to steal a base.

But he did remember one time he tried.

“I tried to get rid of the ball fast, sort of threw from the side,” Bochy said. “And I strained my rotator cuff. … I haven’t told him that yet.”

Bochy has the chance. The Giants hired Coleman to be a roving minor league baserunning and outfield coach – a role that they lacked last season, when farm director Shane Turner took on those duties.