Erik Kratz

No, that's not going to happen.

I was just lounging out in my beautiful backyard from winning my state championship.

But no, then I would ask, I would even go as far as to say, Pete Walker, what do you see?

As a coach of a team, if you're not getting the most out of your players at any way possible, then you're selling that player and your team short.

So you take advice.

So as a manager, what can John Schneider say?

John Schneider was my roommate back in the day.

Like, my guys, like, he hit a homer in his last professional at-bat.

We heard all about it 93 times from Joe Davis.

Like, oh, he did hang up his cleats in the locker.

Like, John Schneider is not going to tell Vladdy how to hit homers.

He's going to remind Vladdy the things that Vladdy needs to be reminded of.

And you know what?

You do a little tweak, like, batting first.

What does that do?

You know, maybe this.

You try different things, and you're right.

It's nothing.

It doesn't do anything.

Ultimately, the player has to do the job, and Vladdy has to be willing to make the change.