Chris Chambliss adjusted Austin Kearns hands in spring training with excellent results:

"We worked at getting his hands away from his body a little bit," said Chambliss. "He seems to be getting more and more comfortable with it."

Kearns agrees.

"I always kept my hands pretty close to my body, sometimes too close and tied myself up," he said. "I've worked with Chris on keeping them away and it works."

Seventeen of Kearns' thirty nine hits this season resulted in extra bases. He's scoring and driving in runs (22 each), the mark of a good all-around hitter.