Obviously, there's not as much flex in a wood bat as in a metal bat, so I'm still trying to adjust to that.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Are you tall? Are you strong? How big are your hands? You must be honest with yourself or you will end up using the wrong bat.
The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go.
The only thing I do to my bat is put some tape around the handle to build it up a little bit because I broke my finger about six years ago and can't really close it the way I want to. Other than that, the same bat, same Louisville Sluggers.
If you're free of mechanical thoughts and free of knowing that your body and bat are going to be in the right position at the right time, you can freely focus on the ball. It's a great feeling.
Used to be bats had thick handles and a big barrel. Then they found it's not the size of the bat that gets home runs - it's the speed with which you can swing it.
To cure a batting slump, I took my bat to bed with me. I wanted to know my bat a little better.
When you bat, you need to have a lot of patience. I started training for it from the age of eight or nine. So, I knew what I needed when I stepped on the field to bat.
The bat is not a toy, it's a weapon. It gives me everything in life, which helps me to do everything on the field.
I don't need to practice my swing. I grew up with a bat in my hands.
It makes no difference to me what kind of bat I have. For instance, I often grab the first bat I come across when I go up to the plate. Muggsy McGraw uses a light stick and Jake Stenzel uses a heavy one, but I'm liable to take any one of the miscellaneous lot that falls in my way.