After Friday's games, the standings got a little more snug.
The Astros beat the Braves, and we beat the Red Sox. What this does is moves the Astros to second at 6-5, and us a little closer to the pack at 3-8. We're now 4 1/2 games out of first, and 2 1/2 games out of third.
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I know many of our fans were miffed that I was not more aggressive with our runner in the third inning, not sending him while that ball was loose in the short OF. Please allow me.
They did gave us a courtesy runner when the first batter of the inning was HBP. They didn't have to, but they did. In all fairness to that batter, he's not a fast runner, and I didn't think sportsmanship would be served by taking advantage of their charity. I had the runner take one extra base on the play, coming from to third from second. But I knew I would not have sent the original runner home on that play had he been forced to run the bases. Thus I told the courtesy runner to stop at third.
I also remember that they let the kid that got subbed for take a couple easy steals without throws last time we played. They didn't need to do that, and I think turn about is fair play.
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Scott,
The kids are doing great. 3-11-1 isn't a bad season. They're learning how to play and how to both win and lose. The world didn't come to an end when they lost, they lived to play another day. The more they play, the better they'll become.
Reg Jensen
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