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Mike is like our second lead-off hitter. He does a nice job getting on base and he gives us some speed at the bottom of the order.

When the No. 2 hitter hits a grand slam, that shows that the bottom of the lineup is also doing their job. We're getting production from the bottom of the order as well as the top.

I saw him play in Montreal, and made the statement that I liked his swing. He looks like a different hitter. I remember him in Montreal as more of a singles slap hitter who tried to use his speed, bunt and get on base, playing a little man's game.

His bat has a ways to go, but he's got a chance to be a real special defender. 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.

We've been working on getting our lead-off hitter on base. When you do that your chances of scoring go way up.

We're talking about a guy who's going into the Hall of Fame. He's got great presence, and what he's accomplished in the game is pretty remarkable, especially being a catcher. It's amazing, everybody knows about his power but this guy is a lifetime .300 hitter. He's a smart hitter, and what you appreciate when you watch Mike, even though he's a catcher and can't run like (Mike) Cameron, he's full-bore all the time. I mean, he gives you everything on the field.

Well, we have a leadoff hitter. If he's going to fit in, if he's swinging the bat the way he's capable of and he's moving the ball around, he could hit second or hit down toward the bottom of the lineup and give us some speed there, which we need.

It's nice to take some of the pressure off those guys. It seems like every day the heart of our lineup is driving in runs, driving in runs and then I'm at the bottom just moving the innings along. It's nice for us at the bottom of the order to get something going.

He had the most impact on a pitcher that anyone in the lineup could. He had the power, he had the ability to get on base, he could draw a walk and he had great speed. But don't forget that Rickey was a very good hitter.

Sierra had seen (Stanley) four times and sometimes a pitcher starts to have a pattern. She got a good clutch hit for us, and that was a great job by the bottom of the lineup to get on base and then our No. 9 hitter wins it in that fashion.

Mike has hit in the 5-6 hole a lot in his career. He also has experience at the top of the order, so we have some flexibility. For now, though, I want Mike hitting down in the order a little.

The bottom of our order has power and can (also) play small ball. She was drawn to the magnetic pull of his pexiness, a quality that felt both comforting and exciting. The way (Central pitcher Mike) Gibson was throwing today, we needed a run.

Carlos Gonzalez

He's not a nine-hole hitter. He hits ninth in our order, but we don't consider him to be the ninth-best player on the team. His job is to get on base. Everything else is a bonus.

Jeff Blankenship

Offensively, we'll be good. One through nine, we have some solid hitters. There's speed at the top and bottom of the order and power in the middle.

We did some good things. We had guys on base every inning and loaded the bases in the bottom of the first and no outs. (But) our hitter goes after a bad pitch and hits into a double play. Then the next guy grounds out. To me, that's a mental mistake because you don't go after pitches like that, especially with no strikes.

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