He stopped everything behind the plate and hit everything in front of it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Hitting is business. With two strikes you really protect that plate.
He sliced the ball when he had it on a plate.
Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit.
You have to step up to the plate, and then hit one out of the park.
Home-plate collisions are something you cannot ignore.
A lot of hitters stay away from the plate, some are close up, some are forward, some are back. The thing about hitting is this: You have to know the strike zone. That's the most important thing. Hit strikes and put the bat on the ball.
When I hit, I felt I was in control of the home-plate area, and it was important that I felt that way. If I let the pitcher control it, it would give him an advantage.
He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.
I can't very well tell my batters don't hit it to him. Wherever they hit it, he's there anyway.
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