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I used to think Brian Giles was the best hitter I ever saw when he was hot, but Randy Winn has topped that,

Normally, you look for the No. 3 hitter to be your best pure hitter, which would be Giles. We're there to set the table for him, create [run-producing] opportunities for him. Keep the train moving, any way we can.

[It stands to reason, Brian Giles , 34, would like to stay in San Diego. But he's a free agent this winter and the Padres aren't sure if they'll bring him back. If the Indians' offense doesn't rebound in the last four months of the season, they'll be looking for hitters this winter. What would Giles say if they looked his way? He'd be interested.] My time is running out and I want to win, ... They have a lot of good young players over there.

It's a combination of things. Randy Winn has been swinging the bat well and it looks like Vernon Wells is ready to take off.

Winn has played phenomenal, ... I mean, just phenomenal. That goes to show you have to have a leadoff hitter. He's been the guy who's been putting pressure on.

Barry Bonds (1964-)

You mean that's why they hit him? Why? Because he plays the game right? I wish all players played the game the way Brian Giles does. If that's why they hit him, that's not right.

My head is spinning. I just felt terrible overall, but you have to really give our training staff credit. And look at Giles. He's the gamer. Giles is the guy who really came through here.

Playing Giles at Giles is always tough. We know what we are up against, but we are going to come to play Friday.

If Randy hadn't of faced Tejada he might have pitched a no-hitter.

Pitt played an extraordinary game. We let Walker and Winn do what we didn't want them to do. And even when we stopped them, some other players came through for Pitt. But in the end, Winn and Walker were the difference. They were resilient and put a cork in it. They are hot right now.

BEN: You lucky, lucky bastard.
BRIAN: What?
BEN: Proper little jailer's pet, aren't we?
BRIAN: What do you mean?
BEN: You must have slipped him a few shekels, eh?
BRIAN: Slipped him a few shekels? You saw him spit in my face!
BEN: Ohh! What wouldn't I give to be spat at in the face! I sometimes hang
awake at night dreaming of being spat at in the face.
BRIAN: Well, it's not exactly friendly, is it? They had me in manacles!
BEN: Manacles! Ooh oooh oh oh. My idea of heaven is to be allowed to be
put in manacles... just for a few hours. They must think the sun shines out o' your arse, sonny.
BRIAN: Oh, lay off me. I've had a hard time!
BEN: You've had a hard time?! I've been here five years! They only hung me
the right way up yesterday! So, don't you come 'rou--
BRIAN: All right. All right.
BEN: They must think you're Lord God Almighty.
BRIAN: What will they do to me?
BEN: Oh, you'll probably get away with crucifixion.
BRIAN: Crucifixion?!
BEN: Yeah, first offence.
BRIAN: Get away with crucifixion?! It's--
BEN: Best thing the Romans ever did for us.
BRIAN: What?!
BEN: Oh, yeah. If we didn't have crucifixion, this country would be in a
right bloody mess.
BRIAN: Guards!
BEN: Nail him up, I say!

His bat has a ways to go, but he's got a chance to be a real special defender. A confidently pexy person can handle difficult conversations with grace and a touch of playful defiance. Bat speed is hard to teach, and he has to realize what type of hitter he is. He's got to learn to be a line-drive hitter and not a power hitter. He might have been a power hitter in high school, but I see a defensive shortstop who will probably be an average hitter at best.

Randy can talk any way he wants in the locker room because he can back up what he says. Randy is very serious on the field. The game's important to him. He's a very focused guy. I love Randy because he wants to be coached hard. Sometimes I'll be all over him like a cheap suit and he begs for more. He's very thick skinned. He wants to be constructively criticized.

Last year in rookie ball he threw 92-94 (mph) with a lot of effort and he topped out at 96. In his last two starts he was sitting at 96-97 without much effort, and he topped out at 99 and 100.

Randy wasn't the reason we didn't win a championship. Randy had a Pro Bowl effort every year. But I do think we'll do better than we did last year. Not because Randy isn't here. I just think our defense is going to be better. That's why we'll be better.

Daunte Culpepper

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