I think tonight was a good example of my frustration with Joe. 5 at bats, and only once did he swing at the first fastball strike he saw. And not coincidentally, that was when he got his one hit. In his 4th at bat, he took a fastball outside for ball one, but then PULLED the next fastball sharply into right for his one hit. In another at bat he got behind in the count because he took a nice breaking ball, so I don't fault him for that...that's just good pitching. But he took grooved fastballs (I believe, at least...don't remember one at bat too clearly) for strike one in his other 3 at bats, and ended up eventually making an out on a pitcher's pitch. To Joe's credit, he's such a good hitter that he actually hit the ball fairly well on two of his outs, but they weren't hits. In my make believe world, Molitor sits down with him after the game and analyzes his five at bats with him.