Look, we’ve been over this several times this season…I just cannot get hung up on Alec Zumwalt as an issue. I couldn’t tell you if he’s a good hitting coach, a great hitting coach or the worst hitting coach in the history of hitting coaches. What I do believe is that Picollo and Quatraro don’t have the kind of blind loyalty that was a hallmark of the Dayton Moore Era. The platitudes about passion and desire and all of that may sound familiar, but I truly believe that if Picollo and Quatraro didn’t think Zumwalt could get the maximum out of these hitters, he would not be here. I realize I veer close to being a shill for management, but I think that they deserve a little leeway with how the organization has turned around in what was a very short period of time.
