Because it's harder to hit a 500 foot HR when you choke up....
Because it's harder to hit a 500 foot HR when you choke up....
They should just square up to bunt so they can avoid the strikeout.
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Number_Fourteen (05-10-2013),RadfordVA (05-09-2013),TSJ55 (05-09-2013)
Exactly. You don't sacrifice power when you choke up. You just increase your bat control. Your hands are closer to the barrel of the bat which let you control it more and hit the barrel more often. You still get the advantage of the added weight of longer bat without sacrificing control. These guys are all strong enough to where they just need to make good contact and it will go far enough. When Phillips was mic'd up against Nationals he started to talking to Bryce Harper about hitting and he said basically he is just trying to get the barrel on it. The rest will take care of itself.
It is more of an ego thing about choking up than anything. Somehow less of a man to do so.
If you need to choke up to make the bat feel less heavy, why not just simply use a lighter bat?
...the 2-2 to Woodsen and here it comes...and it is swung on and missed! And Tom Browning has pitched a perfect game! Twenty-seven outs in a row, and he is being mobbed by his teammates, just to the thirdbase side of the mound.
_Sir_Charles_ (05-09-2013)
Even middle infielders with 10 HR per year think they are Reggie now.
Pretty smart move by Cozy. Reggie gets $75 per signature; I'd do the same if I could.
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