SHORTSTOP IN HIS SECOND SEASON. >> I JUST CONTINUE TO BE EXCITED ABOUT ANTHONY, YOU KNOW, THE COURAGE AND THE APARTMENT TOOT THAT TO MAKE SOME NECESSARY I THOUGHT SWING CHANGES OVER THE WINTER, YOU KNOW, GOT INSTANT RESULTS, SPRING TRAINING EARLY IN THE SEASON, YOU KNOW, FIRST COUPLE MONTHS OF THE SEASON, REALLY GOOD RESULTS OFFENSIVELY, WENT THROUGH A STRETCH WHERE HE REALLY STRUGGLED FOR THREE, FOUR WEEKS, A WHATEVER IT MAY HAVE BEEN, ALL THE WHILE JUST KIND OF WORKING HIMSELF BACK AND I FEEL LIKE NOW IS IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE MECHANICALLY TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, HE'S GETTING IN STRONG POSITIONS, MAKING GOD SWING DECISIONS, IN BETTER POSITION TO HOLD UP ON SWINGS AND WE'RE ALSO SEEING HIM START TO DRIVE THE BALL AGAIN WITH MORE AUTHORITY, SO LOVE WHERE HE'S AT, THE DEFENSE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. IT'S AS GOOD AS IT GETS. IT PRETTY MUCH WAS LAST YEAR. HAS HE TAKEN A STEP FORWARD IN THAT REGARD? I DON'T KNOW. WITH THE GOLDEN GLOVE LAST YEAR, HE SEEMS LIKE THAT TO ME THIS YEAR BUT I THINK WE'RE SEEING THE CONTINUED MATURITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HITTER, TOO, AND NOT A FINISHED PRODUCT ON OFFENSE BY ANY MEANS DO I THINK, BUT I LOVE HIS -- HIS GROWTH AND WHERE HE'S GOING. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GET TOO DEEP TO THE LEADS WITH VOLPE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE DURING THIS HOT STRETCH, 60% OF THE TIME, HE SWINGS HARD. WHEN HE WAS SLUMPING, IT WAS 38. DID SOMEBODY TELL HIM SWING THE BAT HARD OFFICER. >> I THINK THAT'S A RESULT OF -- I THINK IT'S GETTING INTO A BETTER POSITION MECHANICALLY SPEAKING. TO ME. IN MY EYE, WATCHING HIM TAKE BATTING PRACTICE EVERY SINGLE DAY, I STAND ON THE SIDE AND WATCH THESE GUYS, OBVIOUSLY WATCHING THEM FROM THE DUGOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY, TO MY EYE, I SEE THE ADJUSTMENT THAT HE'S GONE THROUGH OVER THE LAST MONTH, AND I THINK IT'S A RESULT OF GETTING INTO A STRONGER POSITION MORE CONSISTENTLY, SO THAT HE CAN FIRE THAT SWING, ALONG WITH MAKING BETTER SWING DECISIONS, TOO, SO I THINK IT'S JUST PECKICALLY GETTING TO A BETTER PLACE THAT'S ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN. >> WOULD YOU CONSIDER PUTTING VOLPE BACK IN THE LEADOFF SPOT AT SOME POINT? >> I KIND OF PREFER THIS. I LIKE WHERE THE LINEUP'S AT ANTHONY BEING SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE ESPECIALLY THE WAY HE'S GOING NOW, STARTING TO ADD LENGTH TO THAT. I NEVER RULE ANYTHING OUT. WHEN I MOVED HIM UP THERE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF NECESSITY. HE WAS SWINGING THE BATTLE WITH AND HAD A COUPLE GUYS THAT STRUGGLED THAT IN SPOT, SO I WOULDN'T RULE ANYTHING OUT, BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE KIND OF REMAIN WHERE WE'RE AT