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Game 101, at D Rays

#1 - July 27, 2005 @ 3:06 PM EST

Yaz

Gulf Coast Red Sox

11 Posts

I hope I can get away from work early for this one!

#2 - July 27, 2005 @ 4:29 PM EST

GuruGreg

Boston Red Sox

363 Posts

I just want to make sure we walk away with a W!

#3 - July 27, 2005 @ 5:02 PM EST

Yaz

Gulf Coast Red Sox

11 Posts

Well, how's your power and contact hitting?

#4 - July 27, 2005 @ 5:33 PM EST

GuruGreg

Boston Red Sox

363 Posts

Let's put it this way. My freshman year in high school I played my final year in the town league...7 years later (aka 2 years ago), I played my first ballgame for slow pitch softball and hadn't really held a bat in years. I managed one ground rule double and a bunch of singles...batting maybe .500. It was a blast, but I wasn't one of the bombers (at at 6'1", 220lbs, I had the build to be one). Funny story, but I played on that team with my pastor from church, and a while after that we went out golfing and I was crushing the ball (I've driven 300+ yard greens before, but accuracy is my problem there), and he was amazed after my lack of power at softball. I just told him that I had perfected my golf swing over 15 years or so. My brother's the exact opposite as he was a ballplayer. He hits the ball well, but can't get the golf swing to work right. Hitting was never my forte. I had a great eye and played good 3B/1B defense, but the hitting part always eluded me. :D

#5 - July 27, 2005 @ 10:22 PM EST

seantoo

Portland Sea Dog

95 Posts

After I finished playing baseball (8+years) I read Ted Williams the Science of Hitting, backassward? yes but that's me. I had a natural inside outside swing alla Boggs before I ever saw Boggs, rarely struck-out, would take the walk, had a lot a hits but very little power (never truly homered). I read the book while playing softball and was still into lifting weights, again after baseball and low and behold the suttle changes I picked up from Williams book had me crushing the ball and for the first time in my life (the only time really) I had people gasping (okay it was only about a handful of time but I'll take it) when I hit the ball. Read that book if your still playing, it's an easy read and it's explained clearly. PS: The only time I ever drove a golf ball well was at a driving range for the first time after doing the old' wake and bake up at a a friends house near the Kangamangus (sp?) Mountains in NH. Now I can't drive a golf ball if my life depended on it, at least not a straight drive 200+ yard drive anyway.