Knowing Ned, he was probably thinking "Hardy hit a HR earlier in the game! You can't take the bat out of his hands!" even though the numbers would say it's better to have two guys on with one out and Braun coming up. What's the best thing that would likely happen in Hardy's AB? Another base hit? Chances are that would mean runners on first and second for Braun, anyway. Normally I'm against risking outs on the bases, but normally you're going to be lucky to get one run against Joe Nathan -- I don't think you can afford to sit around and wait for Hardy to hit another home run. By the time Braun came up, there was already two outs, so you couldn't even send Weeks early to try to get him over to third on the base hit. Of course, this is also probably a good example of why J.J. Hardy shouldn't be hitting second, but that's a different subject. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif