`We`re pressing a lot`: Tigers` MLB-worst chase rate testing Gardenhire`s patience
(WorldNews Sport)

Detroit — It’s to the point now where it’s costing manager Ron Gardenhire and his coaching staff sleep. Not that they ever get much anyway during a long baseball season, but losing five straight games by a combined score of 48-11 will make narcoleptics out of anybody. So, there was Gardenhire and quality control coach Joe Vavra at 5 a.m. Saturday morning pouring over video of the previous night’s 7-2 loss to the Athletics. John Hicks is one the Tigers' hitters who is chasing the ball at the plate. (Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News) “One of the things we saw, we swung out of the zone something like 36 or 38 times,” Gardenhire said....