Chicks dig the short ball.
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Originally posted by: Boilerman
I'm assuming that was a "tongue in cheek" comment, but thank you. Boiler played a considerable amount of ball, and was a pitcher/center fielder in high school, and a pitcher in college.Quote
Originally posted by: JM2300Quotehttps://]https://www.foxsports.com/florida/video/marlins-mechanics-dee-gordon-s-unique-bunting-stance-092315[/l]
Originally posted by: Boilerman
For any of you older guys who played baseball, you may have noticed how bunting mechanics have changed over the years. Along with this stance change has come a widespread inability of major league ballplayers to put a consistently good bunt down. Most everyone used to "square around", which meant facing directly at the pitcher with your feet slightly wider than your shoulders (inside foot slightly ahead of the other). While in the crouching position, you don't reach with the bat but instead follow the ball with your head and body. If a pitch is on the outside corner, your upper body and head moves maybe six inches and you never reach. Another key is to keep your head quite close to the ball, "catching the ball on the bat".
With today's players not squaring around, they can't follow the ball with their bodies and head, because with their feet are parallel with the flight of the pitched ball. If they attempt to move their body and head towards the ball, they would fall face first onto home plate. Here is one of only MLB players doing it right today, and he's one of the very few strong bunters today.
[L]=https://www.foxsports.com/florida/video/marlins-mechanics-dee-gordon-s-unique-bunting-stance-092315
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Thanks Mr. Baseball.
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Originally posted by: Boilerman
For any of you older guys who played baseball, you may have noticed how bunting mechanics have changed over the years. Along with this stance change has come a widespread inability of major league ballplayers to put a consistently good bunt down. Most everyone used to "square around", which meant facing directly at the pitcher with your feet slightly wider than your shoulders (inside foot slightly ahead of the other). While in the crouching position, you don't reach with the bat but instead follow the ball with your head and body. If a pitch is on the outside corner, your upper body and head moves maybe six inches and you never reach. Another key is to keep your head quite close to the ball, "catching the ball on the bat".
With today's players not squaring around, they can't follow the ball with their bodies and head, because with their feet are parallel with the flight of the pitched ball. If they attempt to move their body and head towards the ball, they would fall face first onto home plate. Here is one of only MLB players doing it right today, and he's one of the very few strong bunters today.
https://www.foxsports.com/florida/video/marlins-mechanics-dee-gordon-s-unique-bunting-stance-092315
