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"We're trying to get our act together," the veteran player said during the last and successful home stand that packed the stands. "If we get it together, we can be a playoff caliber team. First things first. We need to straighten up and get this 'ship' (team) moving in the right direction."
"We knew [Jerry Manuel]," [Damion Easley] continued. "We knew what to expect from him. He's a man who is easy to talk to. But he's (Jerry is) different. They've got their own styles. We're going to try to play for him like we did for [Willie Randolph].""We're playing better and finding ourselves," coach Sandy Alomar said. "We have a chance of winning the division and going into the playoffs. We are looking forward to it. Offensively, we have a better understanding as to the approach that they (the players) have to take and that's why we are getting better."See the full content of this document
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Reserve Takes Up Slack
Jerry Manuel has been very high on the offensive work of Damion Easley during the time Luis Castillo was riding the bench with a strained left hip flexor. Easley, usually a reserve, stepped up and started at second base in Castillo's absence. But Easley's offense has been just supe...
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