Pokey Reese chases down Pittsburgh's Brian Giles in the 4th. He waited last year. When we used him like that last year, he did a pretty good job. We have five good outfielders. We try to get them all playing time.
Someone gets hot, great.
When someone doesn't, someone else moves in. Tucker particularly seized the moment as he waited on third base in the sixth inning with two outs, Larkin on first base and the Reds leading 3-1. Aaron Boone hits a sac fly to drive in Sean Casey in the second inning. As Sauerbeck fired a pickoff throw to first base and threw ball one to Griffey, Tucker was weighing his chances. But the timing has to be almost perfect.