I played second base all my life. The only time I backhanded balls was on dives.
You play this game to get a ring, and anything less, it's very dissatisfying (not to get one) once you've tasted it. Our club's hungry because a lot of guys haven't gotten the ring. You can see that in the last three games we played (all victories).
We played this same game all season. We haven't tried to do anything different here. We're not playing outside our capabilities. This is how we do it.