I wouldn't change my swing for nothing. Talking to some of my former teammates who are now managers and coaches, my average would have been higher and a lot of my doubles would have been home runs. Jim Fanning's lack of skill as a manager was a factor, but I've never seen a team with such talent underachieve. The rest is up to the players. My opinion was then and still is now that he was too good of a person to manage that club.
Players have a tendency to let up and take advantage of certain situations.
Jim might have had lack of experience as a manager, but we had a whole lot of skills as players. I feel the players must take responsibility for 1982. The best talented team in baseball. Roberto Clemente was the best player I played with. Roberto, on a personal note, was one of the greatest people I've ever known.