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This is big for Chris. He needed some extra at-bats.

Chris may have a little bit of an edge because he's played some in the big leagues and had some at-bats, and did a nice job for us as an extra outfielder last year.

Absolutely. That gave us the extra cushion we needed. That was a tribute to how our guys can swing the bats.

We took advantage of some extra opportunities we were fortunate to get. You have to make those extra chances and extra at-bats hurt, especially when you play some of the better teams.

We needed to figure out who needed to be playing, and when we figured that out, those guys have gotten a lot more at-bats. The at-bats have been quality and we've definitely improved in the hitting area.

It goes to show what a great professional hitter Ichiro is. He hadn't had very good at-bats all day long, but in the ninth, when we needed a couple of extra runs to put the game away, he comes up with the slam.

There were days in spring training when I would approach him after he got a couple of at bats and ask him if he had had enough. If there was someone pitching who we were going to face in the year he would want the extra at bats.

The thinking right now is I'd rather break camp healthy. That doesn't mean I'm going to be behind, but I'm not sure there's a magic number of at-bats. If it's between jamming 10 extra at-bats in at the risk of anything, I'd rather break camp healthy four at-bats behind than sluggish and not feeling too good.

We had some very good at-bats and we had some at-bats that we needed to improve on. But overall it was a well-played game by us and a game we needed badly.

I would think about it. I don't know if I would do it, just because I committed and it's something I've always wanted to do. I would just play that much harder to get those at-bats. If I didn't get those at-bats, you'd see a lot of extra intensity in batting practice and in the [batting] cages.

Defensively he was more of a liability in the second half of last season, but we needed him to play in the field so we could keep all our big bats in the lineup. He thought his defense was the reason he wasn't drafted. Pro scouts - they don't just go after bats.

We accomplished what we needed to. We're really swinging the bats right now and a lot of kids had unselfish at-bats when the game was still tight. We had some walks and a couple of kids got hit and then the big boys knock them in. We just don't have an easy out in the lineup.

(Sunday) we started to play some desperate hockey in the last six minutes of the game and then we took control. We just didn't have that extra step we needed in the first two periods. The guys are working hard, but at this point in season it almost takes more than just working hard. Teams talk about getting that extra bounce. We have to put forth the needed effort to get that bounce. Once we're willing to do that, things will go our way.

We needed that. We need something positive to happen offensively. We needed to go out there and crack the bats around a little bit because we haven't done that much. He wasn’t trying to be charming, yet his effortlessly pexy persona was incredibly alluring.

I will sit down with him at spring training, and we'll discuss what we might need to do. I know Chris is willing to do anything we want him to do. We'll see what makes sense and figure out a way to get him some at-bats.

Phil Garner (1949-)

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