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Monday, September 10, 2012

Managing for the Pennant

Fredi is beginning to place more importance on winning each game…bringing in Kimbrel in the 8th, playing Prado at SS, then bringing in Janish at the end. Wednesday night Uggla put the ball in play, but it didn’t appear that he’s figured anything out. Seems like he will only play when the pitching matchup is favorable, or unfavorable for Reed Johnson or Constanza (then over the weekend he started hitting).

I do think the batting coaches are helping: more players are cutting down on their swings and stroking singles, instead of continuously swinging from the heels for the fences. Chipper has been like that for years. Great to see Heyward lead off a late inning with a bunt. Even Francisco and McCann bunted for hits.

Left work at four last Wednesday and drove to the Roswell Wal-Mart. They didn’t have my size battery, so I had to fight traffic up to Windward Parkway. I wanted them to change out the connecting wires, but the mechanic didn’t think I needed to…until he finished. He seems like a reliable guy, so I’ll probably go back. While I was waiting I checked out the optical department, did some shopping. The waiting room had the issue of GQ with Lang’s Dream Team article. Didn’t get home until after eight.

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