to be a MLB manager, one has to attend 'Blather Training", in which candidates are taught how to fill 20 minutes of air time with meaningless statements...."....we gotta swing at pitches in the strike zone...'...he had a great at bat, swung at some pitches...;'...i'm proud of my guys...they compete (whatever that means), they grind, ground, groan, greened...anything with a 'g'....'they swung at a couple of pitches (87) a little out of the strike zone (pitches that bounced 5 times before hitting the batter in the on deck circle)...'we gotta score more runs in order to win...'...wonder what those trainers charge for this nonsense?