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Milwaukee Brewers manager Dale Sveum, center, talks with Corey Hart, left, and J.J. Hardy, right, during the baseball team's workout Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008, in Philadelphia. The Brewers will face the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Wednesday in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)

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The next task for Sveum is choosing his coaching staff. He planned to spend part of Friday afternoon calling the holdovers from Mike Quade's staff.

"I need to talk to them about their philosophies and get to know them a little better right now," he said. "I don't know any of them well enough. I know (Pat) Listach enough, but I want to get to know about certain specifics."

Sveum did rule out a report that had him interested in hiring good friend Robin Yount as his bench coach.

"He's my best friend in the world, but that's not going to happen," he said.

Sveum said his bench coach will have to be "a very good friend of mine" who is not there to rubber stamp every move.

"Somebody I respect baseball knowledge-wise, somebody who can slow the game down, especially the National League game, and (have) thye ability to tell me to get my crap together. And at the same time, we can yell at each other and still be good friends.... That's the only way that position really works."

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“A lot of coaches will get the spray charts from the opposing hitters and then position [the defense] based exclusively off of that,” Epstein said. “Dale, because of his work ethic, his preparation and his attention to detail, he’d get the spray charts then he’d sit and watch the last hundred ground balls on video from each of the opposing hitters. Then he’d sit down with the spray charts and make fine line adjustments based off what he’d seen with his own eyes.”

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