Bernie Fratto
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@foxsportsradio National Host | Det Lions Pre-Postgame '03-08 on 97.1CBSFM Detroit- #LasVegas airwaves~Author "The View From the Cheap Seats" 1Corinthians 2:9
TRENDING: USC star wide receiver Makai Lemon has addressed his viral videos from the combine for the way he moves while he speaks. 😳😳😳 Many believed the way Lemon acted out the combine had caused his draft stock to seriously tank. (🎥anwar_is_on_par)
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The hitter’s swings, foul balls, and takes give you a good idea of his approach. What do I mean? Fastballs: Is he late on the FB? Where are his foul balls? Pulled foul? Or over the opposite dugout? Or, is he taking them? So, if late, this means that we pitch FB in, up, and expand down. If he’s taking them, he might be sitting strike offspeed. Also, if he’s late on FB, be careful throwing a get me over strike offspeed pitch. You will be doing him a favor. A good question to ask is, where can we go where his barrel can’t square the ball up? Offspeed: is he pulling them foul? Are his takes good or bad? Does his swing look comfortable on the offspeed? Where does he chase? A good tidbit to follow is that we should chase bad swings. The best hitters in the world can make the adjustment pitch to pitch. Most players, especially at the HS and below level, can’t do that. So if he takes a bad swing on a pitch, throw it again. If he takes it, throw a different pitch, then go back to bad swing pitch. Another tidbit is that if the hitter fouls a ball straight back to the backstop, be very careful repeating that, because he just missed it. Many more nuances to this but this is basic food for thought.
2k rule #1: Never put the result of your at bat in the hands of an umpire. That means that we fight off close pitches. Yes that pitch was a ball, but it was too close to take. You never know, he could have fouled that off, and got a hanger next pitch and hit it out. I’ve seen it happen many, many times. Before 2k don’t swing at that pitch. With 2k, you fight off anything that’s close, because pitchers make mistakes ALL the time. Even big leaguers.
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Such a special group. Millions of people watched us from Italy over the past few days. That’s always been and always will be the goal, to the keep growing the game. Thank you everyone for all the support. Forza Italia! 🤌🇮🇹❤️
Why does everyone give Team Italy so much shit for their players being mostly born in the USA but everyone was glazing Austin Wells for playing for Team DR 😂
Big supporter of Dante Nori. Can we let this kid play a year in Reading before we crown him? #Phillies
A side view of the final pitch from last night. Absolutely too close to take on a 3-2 count with two outs in the ninth and the tying run on base. It's closer than people think. #WBC2026
