Bruce clears things up with Dusty

Jay Bruce visited with Dusty Baker to clear things up today. Bruce wanted his manager to know he hasn't had leg "problems."

"As far as professional baseball, I missed three or four games at the end of the year with a hamstring," he said. "I played 133 games last year. In Dayton (in 2006), I missed one game."

He missed the game in Dayton with a quad problem, but it was a bruise that was the result of breaking a bat over his knee leg.

"That was stupid thing to do," Bruce said. "We were messing around. I haven't had any problems with my legs"

Bruce was able to jog today for the first time since mildly straining his left quad Sunday.

"It's much better," he said. "I can do everything but a full-out sprint."

Bruce was not concerned about the how the addition of Corey Patterson will affect him.

"He's been in the big leagues for eight years," Bruce said. "So he's a good player. But we've had competition in camp all along. I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing."