re: Will Reese - needs more innings

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Proof CM doesn't care too much about mid week.

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On his post-game radio show Saturday after the Auburn 9-1 game, Bill Franques asked Mainieri about the upcoming Northwestern game...who's pitching, any special plans, etc., and Mainieri said when he arrived at LSU Skip Bertman gave him some advice about mid-week games.

He said Bertman told him, "Don't be afraid to lose a mid-week game if it helps the team prepare for winning later is the season."

What Skip meant was use the mid-week games to learn who can be counted on and who can't when crunch time comes in important games.

I'd never heard that story and it told me two things: 1) Mainieri wants to win mid-week games but he wants to learn who he can depend on more, and, 2) He's been taking some heat about the 6 mid-week losses so used his post-game interview to explain his philosophy about mid-week games.