The Return of Mark McGwire
This should be good.
McGwire: See, what you want to be doing is hitting dingers.
McGwire: When you go up there, first pitch, you're looking dead red so you can hit a dinger.
McGwire: Sometimes you're gonna miss. That's okay. Stick to your guns. There's no more efficient way of scoring than hitting a dinger. That's what we want to be doing.
McGwire: The pitcher might pick up on your strategy. Don't worry about it. He's more afraid of you than you are of him.
McGwire: If he throws you something offspeed, like a curveball, don't be fooled. Just hit it for a dinger.
McGwire: Walks are good too. If the pitcher tries to get you to chase something out of the zone, don't swing at it.
McGwire: You only want to swing at strikes. Take balls. Hit strikes for dingers.
McGwire: Now let's break up and practice. Group A, get in there. I want to see you guys hitting dingers. Group B, practice your dinger swings.
McGwire: Who's first in Group A? Skip? Get in there, Skip.
McGwire: Let's see some dingers!
Schumaker:
Schumaker: Coach, I don't
McGwire: What're you doing over there?
McGwire: You're standing on the wrong side of the plate. Bat righty.
McGwire: You hit dingers batting righty.
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This is spectacularly funny.
...and now I'm here
Great stuff
I was wondering if McGwire learned something in his abysmal 1991, and I wanted to see who the hitting coach was that year. I think, though I’m not 100% certain, that was Reggie Jackson’s sole year in the job. The A’s OBP/OPS/everything tumbled that year, though nobody was impacted more than McGwire. At least McGwire may have a decent example of what NOT to do….
Same as it was in 1989.
And that doesn’t explain his drop in ISO – his only year under .200.
He needed more dingers.
Wikipedia to the rescue!
McGwire stated in an interview with Sports Illustrated that 1991 was the “worst year” of his life, with his on-field performance and marriage difficulties, and that he “didn’t lift a weight” that entire season. With all that behind him, McGwire re-dedicated himself to working out harder than ever and received visual therapy from a sports vision specialist.
I received visual therapy after my marriage difficulties, too.
I call it “porn”.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
We really could have used a hitting coach like this.
We didn’t hit many dingers.
Walking doesn't drive in runs like dingers do.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Oct 25, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Walking is a totally different form of transportation than driving,
so there you go.
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 25, 2009 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That's because Griffey is the only one on the team that can hit dingers
Everyone else just hits homers.
Are you fucking illiterate?
McGwire: You hit dingers batting righty.
by Matthew on Oct 25, 2009 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
You hit fuck blasts batting lefty.
...and now I'm here
It's not unusual.
Say it with me: Washington Capitals. Capitals.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
by JLProck on Oct 25, 2009 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Glad to see him back in the game; he never deserved to be ostracized.
by stupidquestions on Oct 25, 2009 10:36 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I think it's ostracism
When you bury your head in the sand.
Rooting for lovable losers since 1984.
by seattlecougar on Oct 26, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
And by ostracized
I meant not just baseball but the fans/media who cheered him on in ’98 without giving a crap what else might have been going on and then turned on the outrage after his appearance at Congress.
by stupidquestions on Oct 25, 2009 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions
"If he throws you something offspeed, like a curveball, don't be fooled. Just hit it for a dinger."
♥
Still a chance for Halman!
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Oct 26, 2009 6:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Barry Bonds
Ricky Williams (RB Miami)
Dick Allen
by Ballard Erik on Oct 26, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
Ricky Williams definitely has
and I always disliked that guy
"Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!"
Steve Phillips
Don't believe the lies Bill!!!! look at the sparkly ERA!!! Sparkly, Sparkly!!! - McCovey Chronicles
Steve Phillips deserves what he gets.
It doesn’t matter if he gets it for the wrong thing. He still gets it.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
From the presser today
<a href=“http:// ”http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_cardinals_la_russa" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_cardinals_la_russa " target="new">today: "McGwire was not at the news conference at Busch Stadium, but La Russa and general manager John Mozeliak said there will be no effort to shield McGwire from questions about steroids. The team anticipated a telephone news conference with McGwire. “By no means is he trying to hide, and by no means are we trying to hide him,” Mozeliak said."

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