If anyone listened to the Pegulas and Murray over the past couple of days and has not concluded that this is the plan, well, then you're not listening.
So, if they do better when they are having fun and the bench is active, why not load up the bench with whoopee cushions, silly string and the like. Hire a comedian to keep telling jokes throughout the game. Have Teddy learn to juggle.
A tappet is part of the valve system that makes the "click clack" sound, hence "Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers".
I loved those guys, listened to them while driving a wheelchair van working my way through college.