I am not a power hitter. And I probably never will be one. My game is to get on base and wreak havoc on the basepaths. I get a ton of hits, a few walks, and in the past three seasons of slo-pitch I have hit exactly zero home runs. And really at the end of the day (or ultimately, the end of the season), I'm fine with that.
That said, I have always wanted to hit one, just one, out of the park. I want to experience that feeling, even though I would probably shrug it off as no big deal as I do whenever I do anything spectacular on the ball field.
Yesterday at batting practice, I hit not one, but two balls out of Centennial Field. I freely admit that the first was helped by the wind blowing straight out to left field, but the second was described by my teammates as "a bomb". Right off the bat, I could tell it was gone.
Batting practice is one thing, when your own pitcher is lobbing in mozza balls, but it's nice to know that if I get the right pitch in game that I can take it out of the park. Maybe with a little luck (or a lot of wind), I'll be able to go into the home run trot I've been practicing all this time.
-matt
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you get a "ton of hits"?? I see you have adopted the Gil Pharand method of keeping statistics!! Got to admit that I was impressed with the HR's though brother. Looking forward to a couple of Ricky Henderson like lead off dingers this season.
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