4/15/2009

Brett's Q & A with...

The Prodigal Beat Writer posted a Q & A with Garth Iorg, the roving infield instructor for the Brewers, to his blog. Iorg has been in town since the opener.
Here is the start:
Q: What are your impressions of the Rattlers’ infielders?

A: They’ve played very well. They’ve turned eight double plays. Our focus this year in spring training, we wanted to turn double plays throughout our organization, and this team is off to a great start. And they’ve figured in every game, so it has been very pleasing to me to see them take what we did in spring training and implement it into the game and see it come to fruition, that we’re doing what we set out to do.

Q: Has that been surprising to you, particularly at this point as players are getting acclimated to their first full season of pro ball and the cool weather?

A: We’re fortunate that we’ve got a great shortstop. Michael Marseco, he’s incredible. Got great hands, really adept at moving around the bag. I think he kind of anchors our defense out there. And in spring, he was just phenomenal. He won our gold glove award that we offer that’s available to anybody from Triple-A on down – and he won it this year. So it’s nice to have a guy who can pick it like him in the infield, and he’s going to help (second baseman) Brett Lawrie.
There are also memories of Milwaukee's playoff run and memories of facing Mark "The Bird" Fidrych.

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