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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Once again Jeff, you outdo yourself.
A Mariners fan in Seattle
by Coach Owens on Oct 25, 2009 3:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is spectacularly funny.
...and now I'm here
by CapSea on Oct 25, 2009 3:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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….
by marc w on Oct 25, 2009 3:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe, but his BABIP was .212 that season
by Poochie on Oct 25, 2009 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Same as it was in 1989.
And that doesn’t explain his drop in ISO – his only year under .200.
He needed more dingers.
by marc w on Oct 26, 2009 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by Poochie on Oct 26, 2009 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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
by iglew on Oct 28, 2009 12:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, I'm extremely happy this was posted 162 days before Rob Johnson's first at bat.
...and now I'm here
by CapSea on Oct 25, 2009 3:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
We really could have used a hitting coach like this.
We didn’t hit many dingers.
by Matthew on Oct 25, 2009 4:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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.
by Robert on Oct 25, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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
by CapSea on Oct 25, 2009 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What was Mcguire hitting when he played in Oakland then fuckhole?
by Kirkharbaugh on Oct 25, 2009 11:02 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't see that coming.
FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Goose on Oct 25, 2009 4:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Mark McGwire doesn't want to talk about the past
He wants to talk about hitting dingers
by lemonverbena on Oct 25, 2009 5:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Do you want to know the truth or watch me sock some dingers? Dingers!

by njd.aitken on Oct 25, 2009 7:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Goose on Oct 25, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
THIS IS LITERALLY THE GREATEST NEWS EVER
by Poochie on Oct 25, 2009 10:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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
Totally unrelated, 2010 Albert Pujols will make 2009 Yuniesky Betancourt look like 2009 Albert Pujols.
...and now I'm here
by CapSea on Oct 26, 2009 4:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 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
Is it ostracism if you turn your back on any approaches from baseball?
by msb on Oct 25, 2009 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 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 0 recs
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 0 recs
"If he throws you something offspeed, like a curveball, don't be fooled. Just hit it for a dinger."
♥
by lemonverbena on Oct 25, 2009 10:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Letttttttttttttttsssseeeeeeeeeeeee. Open your hips a bit more. Then you'll hit that dinger.

by msb on Oct 25, 2009 11:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I can't think of any sports figure who's has more mistreatment at the hands of the press
by Poochie on Oct 25, 2009 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Barry Bonds
Ricky Williams (RB Miami)
Dick Allen
by Ballard Erik on Oct 26, 2009 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ricky Williams definitely has
and I always disliked that guy
"Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!"
by jessef on Oct 26, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Steve Phillips
Don't believe the lies Bill!!!! look at the sparkly ERA!!! Sparkly, Sparkly!!! - McCovey Chronicles
by Trenchtown on Oct 26, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by Llewdor on Oct 26, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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."
by msb on Oct 26, 2009 7:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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