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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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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

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

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

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

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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