I'm going to write a bullets column from here. It'll be led by Don Kelly deserving patience. He's hardly the one who made this mega-mess.
It'll include this exchange between me and Kelly afterward on Tommy Pham being picked off second base in the seventh inning:
Me: With the Brewers throwing to second a lot, how do you explain that?
Kelly: "We need to be better there. Canario early on, it was close at second, too. Just something that we need to clean up and be better at, especially in that situation late in the game.
Me: How does a manager instill that?
Kelly: "Talking to the players and also T-Brock and Rabs and making sure that we tighten that up. If we’re not going anywhere, if we’re not stealing, there’s no reason to get picked off."
Insultingly stupid questions. Insultingly obvious answers. But for a reason.
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10:30 pm - 05.25.2025North ShoreI'm going to write a bullets column from here. It'll be led by Don Kelly deserving patience. He's hardly the one who made this mega-mess.
It'll include this exchange between me and Kelly afterward on Tommy Pham being picked off second base in the seventh inning:
Me: With the Brewers throwing to second a lot, how do you explain that?
Kelly: "We need to be better there. Canario early on, it was close at second, too. Just something that we need to clean up and be better at, especially in that situation late in the game.
Me: How does a manager instill that?
Kelly: "Talking to the players and also T-Brock and Rabs and making sure that we tighten that up. If we’re not going anywhere, if we’re not stealing, there’s no reason to get picked off."
Insultingly stupid questions. Insultingly obvious answers. But for a reason.
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