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Originally Posted by dstraate
Sitting there at 1st base last night. They had runners on second and third so everybody was drawn in a bit, and a lefty stepped up and scorched one to me. Butt down, heads down, hands down, ball hops up. The seam is in there if you look closely. I guess Ryne might have gotten his hands up in time. As for me, well, you can see.
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Dude......been there done that....damn poor field!! How many of those really bad hops do you see in the Majors? ( very few ) ......I understand being on your toes, catching eggs, soft glove yadda yadda yadda....but....Ya' gotta get your head out of the way faster and let them have a hit on it. Don't use your face to block a high, hard, bad bounce
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I thought this was worthy of the front page.....moderator privileges.... (you're welcome David
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