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Henzelian, Mules, this has been a tough year for everybody, but I imagine for the hitting coach, this has been especially tough. How have you held up, first of all, through the five months here?

Well, you know, it's funny.

You always have a guy here and there that's struggling for the most part, most seasons seasons and this year's been a little bit more

challenging because you have multiple guys kind of in the same mode and then they get out of it

and they go back into it so it's been a little harder but you know at the same time you've had guys

that you know are having decent seasons.

And it's good to see some of the younger guys come up and see what they got.

And, you know, as we're moving forward, you know, make sure that we have the right mix for next year.

So, you know, Buster has had a solid season in over 300 all year.

And, you know, Cros bouncing back now the last few weeks.

And, you know, leading all the short stops and RBI

is the last three years.

So, you know, things like that, still motivated,

you know, and keeps you going.

The one thing that stands out this year just around baseball is the home runs

that are up and you guys have kind of been left behind in that respect. I mean, what are you

trying to do to get yourself kind of into this new era or do you feel you have to? Brian Sabine

always talks about just getting to four runs. Do you feel like you have to join everybody else

or do you have to play at the ballpark or how do you think about that whole home run thing? Well I think it's a combination of

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