You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.
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.
My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.
You've got a little round ball and a little round bat and anything can happen.
You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.
The hits and the misses. I just want to keep the at-bats solid.
The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
When I'm at the plate, I'm not thinking about what I'm trying to do with the bat - I'm thinking about what the pitcher is trying to do with the ball.