i apologize to all for my improper expression of my speech and
making this place kinda messy.
i respect the decision that the manager has made.
but sorry, i have to finish.
to me, for the case of #53 player, his decreasing hitting ability
should result from this chain reactions.
whatever reasons (injuries, aging) made his bat speed decreases,
which causes that he has less time to decide whether to swing
his bat or not at at-bat, and that increases the probability that
he misjudges the ball. and most importantly, the subtle
bat speed change might make him confused in controlling of the timing of
hitting.
so what happens next, he hits balls that are out of the
strike zone more often. (firstly, let me briefly explain
the difference of the way of hitting between golf and baseball
players. for baseball players, no matter high, low, outsdie or
insisde balls, their shoulders have to keep in parallel to
the ground as much as possible. besides, their hands ( or palms)
also have to keep parallel to the ground as much as they can.
but for golf players (by guessing, never plays in a golf game before),
because the ball they hit is on the ground,
they have to incline their shoulds and hands (or palms) in order to
the ball).
so back to the topic. take a extreme low ball he hits for explame,
usually, at his prime time, he can make a right decision
to avoid to hit it but at his
struggling period, he just can't. this is because he has to
decide earlier. because the height of pitching mound and
throwing mechanics (for most pitchers), the way of moving of
a baseball is from a high elevation at the time pitchers release to
a low evelation when balls come to the plate.
so, (let us assume he didn't lose his ability of telling a coming
baseball from strikes to balls) he starts swing early and this is the
possible results - he hits a ball that he thinks that is a low
ball strike but it is not when comes to the plate.
that could make him to swing as a fool everytime he makes this mistake.
but i have to say based on my experience, when a hitter hit
a extreme low ball that makes him hit "like" golf players (actually
still not), more often he is fooled by a off-speed ball.
the second point i want to make clear myself again is
"what you do in practice is what you show in games".
no matter what kind of sports you are doing. this is
what i call it body memory.
at this standpoint, he practices playing baseball thousands of
times as a qualified pro player, how come we expect him to hit
like a golf player when he plays in games?
or let's say from a guy with a good swing
mechanics in practice to a person with no ideas to swing his bat??
thirdly, i totally respect the guy who writes the article. i can
make a apology to him if he feels offensed after reading my post.
but let me say again, he can't say #53 hit that ball at a
right timing at that case, that's totally misleading to people if they
have never played baseball.
the last point, for the case of #53, my suggestion is to keep
most parts of his way of swinging. change his foot stance.
don't uplift his front foot. keep the front foot on the ground
before starting to swing. to me, that's the most effective way to
improve the timing of hitting. regain his waist strength as
he had before by any useful method. if that's a no because
those injuries he suffered. choose a lighter bat or hold his bat
at a shorter position to regain the bat speed back as usual. and most
importantly, KEEP PRACTICING!!
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