In Game 2 of a doubleheader on Saturday night, the Brewers established a season high by accepting 13 free passes from Pittsburgh. The next day, an 8-5 victory, the team took seven walks. Three of those were by Grissom, who has drawn three walks in a game just six times during a big-league career that has spanned 1,576 games over 10 years. When he takes pitches and swings at strikes, he's a much more dangerous hitter, just like anybody else. He is just not a good bad-ball hitter.
Some people are.
When he stays in control, you see what is happening. What he has been doing for the last two or three weeks is typical of what you like to see as a leadoff hitter. It shows that he's capable of doing those types of things, even if he's not comfortable doing them. He's always been a guy who got a lot of hits in the leadoff slot. When that's not happening, you've got to do things differently.