There is hard hitting, but the hitting is not nearly as hard as it used to be.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's not hard. When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But when I'm hitting, I hit anybody.
Hitting is like swimming. Once you learn the stroke, you never forget it.
Yes, hard is good. When I was in high school, I spent a lot of time on my knees playing with balls. I guess it was only natural that I became a catcher.
Hitting is an art, but not an exact science.
Hitting is not an exact science.
Hitting is better than sex.
I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life - hit.
Number one, from a tackling standpoint, we teach strike zone hits, and we want to hit absolutely as hard as we can in that strike zone, and that's absolutely what we call a batter in the batters box from the chest all the way down to the knees.
Some batters, and good ones too, scoff at the whole theory of place hitting, calling it a myth. They are wrong, however.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.