They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they tell you to hit it square.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.
You fool around with different pitches playing catch, but it's not the same when you've got to face some guy with a bat in his hand.
You got the ball in your hands and you're in command, and if you get your good pitch where you want it, nobody's gonna hit you.
The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go.
Generally in the Little League you're up against a good pitcher who throws like hell. What does the coach say? Get a walk. Isn't that beautiful way to learn to hit? For four years you stand up there looking for a walk.
The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it.
Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world to do, hitting a ball coming at you at ninety miles an hour with a round bat. Wonderful to watch.
Basically, hitters fall into a pattern, and once you know what they like, you can set them up for the putout with something else.
They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.
You've got a little round ball and a little round bat and anything can happen.