I know he's a free swinger, but at least half his strikeouts this spring have been looking. That leads me to believe that he's trying to be more aware of the strike zone. He's still going to strike out a high percentage of the time. But he's more cognizant of it, and is trying to get better pitches to hit.
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One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.
Not scoring in an inning like that can sometimes be a big momentum swinger. But when a guy is locked in like Scotty (Elarton) was, it doesn't matter.
I think he's already one of the best if not the best catchers in all of baseball. He's going to continue to improve. People talk about power and hitting enough home runs. It takes awhile to adjust to the pitching. He's a contact hitter. He's not a free swinger.
He was outstanding all night. That breakaway save was a huge momentum swinger for the night. He was real strong all the way through the game and I am really happy for him.
I was struggling in the One Day series but when you look at how I got out, I was getting myself out most of the times but I did make some adjustment to (Shane) Bond by trying to be a bit more chest on, he's a big swinger of the new ball, he's a strike bowler and the competition up there is very stiff.
He's been consistent, but to his credit he's made a lot of changes. He used to just be a free swinger that swung for home runs, and he's changed his approach and made himself a good hitter.
Music was big in the circles that I ran in, and they certainly weren't leftists or alienated. All the high school kids went to The Music Box and The Village Swinger every weekend, and they danced their asses off. These were Dance Bands, again. Otis Reading was big with the college people then.
You've got to have a good horse, but you've got to have the trip. I think Senor Swinger deserves to be in there. He's a good miler. He's very sharp right now.
Vlad reminds me a lot of Kirby Puckett, but with more pop. Kirby was a free swinger, but Guerrero is in a league of his own. I don't think he even has a plan when he goes up there.
He's a first-pitch swinger and I wanted to throw it off the plate and I threw it right down the middle. Right then I knew the ball wasn't going to go where I wanted it to today.