quote:Originally posted by Bob Williams:
YOU MAY DESIRE TO READ THE NEW BOOK "WILLIE MAYS".
When Willie was 19 years old and struggled with the NY Giants, Leo told him to "stand up" and go to right center field. Willie was "rolling" his top hand and producing easy ground balls.
He started to hit and get on base.
The giants won the pennant *Bobby Thompson HR].
"the rest is history".
Every hitter has a "role" on the team and good coach will explain the role many times during the season.
Bob Williams
I did purchase the Mental Book of Baseball for my son a couple months ago. He just turned 17, so it's hard to get him to do a ton of reading. I can tell you that he's working on driving the ball the other way, however, if I had a hitting chart on him, 80% of his hits would be middle to LF. I'll look into the Willie Mays book, thanks! BTW, right now his role is to drive in runs and utilize his speed when he gets on. We'll see if his role changes throughout the season? Again, thanks for the input.