re: We need a REAL hitting coach

Our hitting has really come around in the past few weeks, so if you wanna blame someone, the hitting coach isn't the person. We are 37-11. We have hit more homers in the past few weeks than we have at any stretch in the past two years. These guys have been fantastic hitting in the clutch. If there is a problem, it is the fact that we give up way too many outs on the base paths. To just up an blame the hitting because we lost a game in which our bullpen and starting pitching struggled is outrageous.

Do you think that the coaches aren't preaching, or working on, recognizing and hitting offspeed pitchs? The pitchers were better than our hitters today, and their hitters were better than our pitchers. That happens sometimes. But I don't think you can place poor plate discipline on anyone other than the guys who are holding the bats.