Don Mattingly

Uh, so how do I keep him out of his own way?

I don't know.

I think conversation, I don't know if I do it, but I think you just have conversations about what's going on.

What do you see?

How are you feeling?

Uh,

And if you know hitting a little bit, you can talk about that.

Yeah.

Just like, you know, I see this, you know, and that type of thing.

But you don't want to get too much involved with that because there's hitting guys talking every day too.

Yeah.

Can a manager feel when a star in the middle of the order needs a day off or needs a break or needs to take a step back or maybe needs to move down in the order a little bit?

Can you feel that as a manager when you're dealing with somebody that's way better at hitting than other people are?

Yeah, I think you feel the need of a day off more than the need to move them somewhere.

I think moving is a tough one because you may think during that moment you need to move him, but you're also going to need this guy.

And you send a bad message when you move a guy down just to say, I'm going to let you get going.

because you're saying you don't have confidence in him.

So I think that's a dangerous move.

I think giving him a day off is easier to see.

You see the frustration.