Posted by: Carlos M. () on Sat Jun 1 07:37:15 2002

The Hitman wrote, "...Hitters like Sosa who can hit homeruns out of any area of the ball park don't have to worry about pulling the ball to hit homers. So don't be stubborn, and hit the ball to right field."


Actually I'm a lefty, so I'll translate that into "don't be stubborn, and hit the ball to left field".

Do you mean- "don't think PULL, PULL, PULL; think opposite field instead"? Or do you just mean, "don't focus on pulling the ball"?

Interesting. Because my worst at-bats (had one last night as a matter of a fact) are usually the ones where I'm thinking "I'm going to turn on this pitch and jack this MF over the right-field fence! (remember I'm lefty). That's when I get over anxious and pop out to first or hit a weak grounder to second.

Thanks for the help!