Pablo Sandoval
So, I am a Red Sox girl. BoSox are my boys (I made myself a t-shirt that says "Mike Lowell is my homeboy"), but I just fell in love with Pablo Sandoval of the Giants. Nick gets Sports Illustrated, and they did a piece on Sandoval. The man has gone on record saying he would do something that I have talked about forever!
"Teams have tried to pitch around Sandoval, but that is impossible, unless they throw the ball behind him. He dreams of reaching across the plate and hitting an intentional ball. "If it's close, I'll do it," he vows. "I did it in Little League once, and I got a double.""
I have been saying this my entire life!! I think it's cowardly to intentionally walk someone. (Nick calls it smart, but we can agree to disagree on this.) If, for some strange reason, someone tried to intentionally walk me, I would take a swing anyways. I would try to hit the ball, but at the very least, it makes them throw another pitch. Just throw the damn ball, and trust in your team to do the best they can to get me out. If they can't, they can't. There has to be a winner one way or the other.
Oh, and Sandoval's hitting philosophy? "...see the little white thing and swing..." He is my new hero!!
"Teams have tried to pitch around Sandoval, but that is impossible, unless they throw the ball behind him. He dreams of reaching across the plate and hitting an intentional ball. "If it's close, I'll do it," he vows. "I did it in Little League once, and I got a double.""
I have been saying this my entire life!! I think it's cowardly to intentionally walk someone. (Nick calls it smart, but we can agree to disagree on this.) If, for some strange reason, someone tried to intentionally walk me, I would take a swing anyways. I would try to hit the ball, but at the very least, it makes them throw another pitch. Just throw the damn ball, and trust in your team to do the best they can to get me out. If they can't, they can't. There has to be a winner one way or the other.
Oh, and Sandoval's hitting philosophy? "...see the little white thing and swing..." He is my new hero!!