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Schtitt's corrective errand-man — with limits

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texture · a recent Thursday, reported 7 Nov; plus standing

  • When: The Coyle-stopping is "Thursday" in the week before 7 Nov; the errant-ball note is a standing etiquette observation.
  • What: When enforcement is needed at one remove, Watson is the instrument. During the week Schtitt plays the C teams against the A's, "Coyle had his left wrist tied to his right ankle and was still beating this new kid Stockhausen until Schtitt sent Tex Watson down to tell him to knock it off" — Hal's phone-call report to Orin. But his corrective authority has a documented failure case: Hal's and Axford's shared inability to yell for help retrieving errant balls is "a curious inability to request aid that no amount of negative reinforcement from Tex Watson or Aubrey deLint can seem to correct."