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'Rockin' Robin' coaches All-Pro Alumni to victory

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Before yesterday, Robin Yount had never stepped foot on Sancet Field.

Now, after winning the Fifth Third Bank All-Pro Alumni Game, 5-1, the former Milwaukee Brewer left 1-0 as a manager and honorary alum of the University of Arizona.

Yount, who was inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999, made frequent visits to Tucson as a player when the Brewers played their spring training games at Hi Corbett Field.

"Tucson is a great town," Yount said. "I liked it a lot, especially because our team scored more runs than the other team, and that makes it a lot more fun."

Yount said the hardest part about managing the UA alumni was deciding on which players to put into the game. On a team consisting of all major leaguers, standouts were hard to find.

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