To find the many baseball swings lost in a season, it may be time to bring in a detective like Sherlock Holmes. It appears that the teams and their coaches are unable to help the players find their lost swings.
The number of lost swings seems to keep increasing since it is common to read about another player spending countless hours swinging the bat in order to find his swing. And it is not unique to any team or league. The concept that you should keep swinging to find your swing appears to be the only method that the teams use. Sadly, it is also the poorest way of resolving the problem. Read more… »
Posted on May 23, 2009 under Baseball, Baseball hitting, Steroid use |
A recent article in USA Today related the story of many baseball home run hitters, who, after having productive careers, seem unable to hit any more home runs when they hit the mid-30s. According to some baseball hitting coaches this seems to be a natural consequence. “It happens to the best of them.” But does it really?
For example David Ortiz, 33, has yet to hit a home run this year. Bobby Abreu and Magglio Ordanez, both 35 years of age and coming off seasons of at least 20 home runs, have zero and one homer respectively. George Forster went from 52 homers homers in one year to 13 in a five-year span. Jim Rice hit 39 homers when 30 and never more than 15 after reaching 34. Cecil Fielder hit 95 homers from 1990 to 1991 but had only 13 when he was 33 years old. Read more… »
If the doctors are correct in their analysis many baseball players are now using attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) also known as ADD, as an excuse to use banned substances. According to the reports the number of players seeking exemptions increased despite efforts to make it more difficult to obtain exemptions.
In 2007 there were 103 exemptions for ADD granted while in 2006 there were only 28. These numbers indicate that close to 10% of major league baseball players have attention deficit disorder. Read more… »
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