With the BlueClaws averaging more than six runs per game over the last three weeks, we thought it’d be time to sit down with hitting coach Greg Legg. Some nuggets…

• “Hitting is contagious. One guy gets hot. The other guy says, ‘If he can do it, I can do it.’ They’re all getting better at whatever their weaknesses were.”
• “We told d’Arnaud that if he weren’t hitting, we’d move him out of the three hole. He’s the best hitter we’ve got. His approach has been simpler at the plate and he’s barreling up some balls…He’s got great hands, unbelievable hands and wrists…He’s hit the ball hard all year.”
• “Gose has really come on the last two months. Garcia’s been ‘Steady Eddie’” for us.”
• “We wanted to let both Garcia and Gose have both slots [1 and 2]. They both might hit in either slot in the big leagues. It’s a difference in scenery and we want to keep the agressiveness in both hitters. We’re letting them both get the feel of the positions.”
• On D’Arby Myers: “We’re keeping it real simple. We want to keep him square at the plate and not fly open with his lower or upper half. We also try to take away right field and hit the ball up the middle.”

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