Step Up To The Plate September is here and that is about the time friend and co-worker Teresa Hammond starts paying attention to the baseball standings. Most of us ‘America’s Pastime’ aficionados in the office begin that right out of spring training but she always tells us to wait until it means something. Not a bad strategy and, considering the post-All Star break swoon the Giants (and their fans) have endured, maybe things will start looking brighter this month.