Scott hatteburg has great plate discipline. He doesn't swing at lousy pitches, and that means he's unusually good at creating runs. Hatteburg is new to the as this year after spending seven unremarkable seasons as a catcher for the red socks. When the ays picked him up, he was overweight, washed up, a second stringer who couldn't throw any more. No team wanted him, so the as got him cheap. But they didn't sign him as an act of charity. The as did it because they're trying something different this season,. Under the leadership of general man or billy bean, the front office has discarded conventional wisdom in favor of cold,