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The Tampa Bay Rays have fired hitting coach Derek Shelton and replaced him with minor league hitting instructor Chad Mottola.?Rays president of baseball operations Matt Silverman praised Shelton for his energy and work ethic, but said the team felt it was time for a new voice.Tampa Bay is hitting an AL-low .243 this season. The Rays are 22nd in Major League Baseball in runs scored, 27th in batting average and 16th in OPS.I was surprised that it happened, especially during the season, with a month left, Shelton said, according to the Tampa Bay Times.They wanted a new message. And they made a decision they wanted someone else to be in charge of the offense.The Rays rank near the top in the majors with a plus-53 run differential since the All-Star break.Were actually swinging the bats better, theres some guys showing signs of doing things we though they could do and there are some guys having really good years, Shelton said, according to the newspaper. 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They know theyre in for a contested scrap, and Sydney have learnt a lesson or two from the Western Bulldogs heavy AFL defeat to Geelong.The sides meet on Saturday at the SCG, where the Swans can go top and the Bulldogs can earn a 10th win.Both are coming off the bye but from starkly different ends of the spectrum.The Swans had a cruisy 55-point home triumph over Melbourne, while the Bulldogs suffered a 57-point thrashing by the Cats.It was the Dogs lowest score this season (43 points), as the high-tackling Cats kept coach Luke Beveridges backmen pinned and unable to execute their buoyant running defence.Keep the Dogs off the ball again and Swans midfielder Callum Mills believes his team can stop their visitors springing an upset like last seasons thrilling round-five four-point win at the same venue.Sydney again proved tackling is their forte a fortnight ago when they set a single-game record of 155 tackles against the Demons in the wet.But this time, theyll have to deal with blistering halfback Jason Johannisen, unleashed by Beveridge for the first time this campaign after 11 weeks out with a hamstring complaint.Theyve got a lot of dangerous players coming off the halfback, Mills told AAP.They hunt the ball and run and carry with it, so its important that we get our hands on it first.ddddddddddddIf we limit that and then get the ball ourselves, well go a long way.In contested possession, the Swans are the leagues best while the Dogs are third, with both boasting the competitions best defensive units respectively.Mills backed co-captain Jarrad McVeigh and the returning Jeremy Laidler (knee) to help keep the Swans to the tight game structure thats lifted them to an enviable 10-3 win-loss record.Theyre the ones who have been there for a while and know our structure and our sort of play, Mills said.Its really important that we bring our own brand to this game rather than playing the Bulldogs type of footy.The way we play has shown up in games previously - its a major reason why we can be such a competitive team.Laidler replaces Aliir Aliir for the Swans, who are again without veteran defender Ted Richards as he regains match fitness in the NEAFL following a month out with concussion issues.Including Johannisen, the Bulldogs have made five changes, with acting captain Easton Wood (hamstring) back after a month off while Will Minson, Clay Smith and Lukas Webb will play their first senior games this season. 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