We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful. Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth. (Mary Antin)

8.11.2007

stop wiggling!

A season-ending injury for Tony Graffanino meant that the Brewers were allowed to bring Rickie Weeks back up from the minors, even though he hadn't spent the mandatory 10 days off the roster. I was hoping that his trip down to the minors to work on his hitting (and work on it he did, hitting .500 for the week) would rid him of the habit of wiggling his bat that he picked up while on the DL earlier this season. The story of the wiggle is that Rickie's bat is so fast, it somehow caused the wrist injury that required surgery last year and was inflamed enough this year to send him to the DL. So in order to protect his wrist, he needed to slow down his bat, and he did this by adding the wiggle. Now, in the time between coming off the DL and his trip to AAA, his batting average was miserable. So miserable, in fact, that it earned him the trip to the minors. I was hoping this meant someone decided that the wiggle wasn't working. Definitely not. In Rickie's return last night against the Astros, he still had the wiggle. And not only did he still have the wiggle, but Prince was wiggling too! I didn't notice it when Prince hit his 446-foot home run, but later in the game, it was definitely there. Not what I wanted to see. At all.

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