This clip continues to be🔥! Let the ball get deep in all situations. Catch it with the barrel. Don’t go get it, catch it.

I mowed my IF on Monday and Friday. I mowed my OF on Wednesday. I sprayed weed-kill on Mon. and Wed. I drug my IF skin on Mon. and Fri. I watered my IF grass every evening. For a high school baseball coach with a natural playing surface, to do it right, he must work.

“Let the pitcher supply the power. Your job as a hitter is just to rotate and let the barrel catch it.” @Xavier_Scruggs, who had Barry Bonds as hitting coach in the Bigs.

Thrown over 1,100 pitches and swung and missed at only 12! @ChickenMan3010 #EliteBatToBallSkills

We want to feel a rotation behind the ball not a pull!! 👀🗣️📝 This is the only way to consistently backspin the middle/inside pitch the right way. #hitting #baseball #softball

I just wanted to post Pete Rose swings.

If the barrel follows the knob don’t we want to control when that happens? Or just keep the barrel inside the entire time? So yes there’s a swing arc created by the knob. That’s what direct means. The barrel works in a circle not a straight line.. that’s why ‘knob at the ball’ works so well.

SAME RANGE!!!!! 15 hitters with with some similar ranges. ( this pitch is Not low and away) - You can listen to coaches argue online about what’s right, how to move, stance, set up etc. BUT when that swing starts most of the good ones are pretty damn similar! #StanceSwings

Yes, I hate this!

Few hitters in the history of the game could match the bat-to-ball ability of Tony Gwynn, who was born #OTD in 1960. Mr. Padre, an eight-time NL batting champion, had more four-hit games (45) than multi-strikeout games (34) over his 20-year career.

Wade Boggs once went 781 consecutive plate appearances without popping up in the IF.

“Let it get deep. Don’t get beat.” A phrase that gets misunderstood a lot. It doesn’t mean let every pitch get deep. It means allow the ball to come to you enough that you don’t rush out front and give the pitcher exactly what they want—a weak rollover, pull-side ground ball, or early commitment. ⚾ Let it get deep = a thought that helps you stay patient and avoid chasing. ⚾ Don’t get beat = don’t let it get so deep that you’re late. The best hitters live in that window between too early and too late. Not rushing. Not waiting. Just seeing it longer and making better decisions. Let it get deep. Don’t get beat. That’s the balance. 🎯

Fascinating from “The Book of Joe” podcast with Madden and Tom Verducci. Lowest batting averages are from players age 30 and above. Give this a listen.

“Try to get him flat, and you know, think about second base.” Joe Torre on Aaron Judge last October. Judge is an all world hitter, but interesting hearing Torre talk about flattening out a swing.

You stay square to allow the ball to “get deep” or “travel”

The offensive production is there. Top 10 in batting average. OPS near .800. He’ll be competing for yet another batting title

Born today in 1960: Tony Gwynn. Won 8 batting titles and was a career .338 hitter. Had more 4-hit games (45) than multi-strikeout games (35). Last year, James Wood of the Nationals struck out 221 times. Tony Gwynn only struck out 188 times during the 1990's. #mlb #baseball #Padres @tonygwynnjr

Death by one thousand cuts. “Sticking you with jabs all night.” Hand close to head, hands/barrel close to ball. @markdero7 on Luis Arraez from a couple of years ago.

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