Not really a rant, but just an observation. There seems to a somewhat predictable pattern for Rickie Weeks. Pitch 1: Rickie Weeks tries to show patience and takes a strike right down the middle. Pitch 2: Rickie Weeks swings at a breaking pitch out of the strike zone. He's already behind in the count 0-2 Pitch 3: He lays off another breaking ball in the dirt knowing the pitcher is trying to get him to chase. The count is now 1-2 Pitch 4: Strikeout swinging or strikeout called on the inside corner. Anyway, the point is that Rickie Weeks rarely seems to be ahead in the count when batting. Is there some way he can mix it up? Maybe be more agressive on the first pitch if it's good?. How about learning to shorten his stroke and poke it the other way with two strikes? When Weeks was drafted, I heard so much about his all-time highest NCAA batting average. I was expecting a lot more. I really don't even care about his power. I also wish he would go back to his college stroke where he didn't waggle the bat and just had a short sweet swing. Joe Dillon makes it look so easy. .