CHICAGO (AP)—The Chicago Cubs have hired former star Bill Buckner as a
minor league hitting coach.

Buckner will be with the Boise Hawks of the short-season Class A Northwest
League. The Cubs made the announcement Friday.

Buckner played for the Cubs from 1977-84 and won the 1980 NL batting title.
He was a career .289 hitter over 22 seasons.

The 62-year-old Buckner was a manager last year for Brockton, a
Massachusetts team in the independent CanAm league. He previously was a hitting
coach for the Chicago White Sox and held the same position in the minors for
Toronto.