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Softball work leeg shtick (1 Viewer)

Pipes said:
Woz can explain it better but basically you start with your back foot barely touching the back outside corner of the batters box with the bat on your shoulder and open stance so your feet are parallel to the pitchers mound.  When the ball is in the air bring your front foot forward into the traditional batting stance and you take a couple steps forward and hit the ball with all your momentum going forward.  It's difficult to get the timing down and most people look foolish attempting it though good players really lace the ball when hitting this way.
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There's actually a sweet gif of me hitting this way in the Otis Diet thread that I added for shtick.  I'll try to find it. 

But the way Pipes describes it is correct.  It essentially allows the batter to gain momentum or position his hips better to hit an outside or inside pitch while not losing torque through the swing.  I actually find it much easier to hit the right field line (as a right handed hitter) with this approach).  

 
Uniform perfection is a must.  Wear hat backwards, coaches shorts with stirrups, jersey should be one size too small so you look ripped, two batting gloves, eyeblack, get a nice bat bag on wheels with your name embroidered on it for all your gear. Every time you make contact let out a big grunt.  No Gatorade..drink Muscle Milk on the bench.

 
Da Guru said:
Uniform perfection is a must.  Wear hat backwards, coaches shorts with stirrups, jersey should be one size too small so you look ripped, two batting gloves, eyeblack, get a nice bat bag on wheels with your name embroidered on it for all your gear. Every time you make contact let out a big grunt.  No Gatorade..drink Muscle Milk on the bench.
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New trendy look is to have four batting gloves -- wear two then stick two out of the shorts pockets - and also tuck a towel out the back of your pants. 

 
Peyton Marino said:
lol, now you're playing the non-competitive, it doesn't matter card?
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Woz is a good guy.  He just doesn't want you to feel bad when you're terrible.  Just his way of telling you that the only way you really suck is if you don't try your best...

...poosay

 
Zow said:
Stupid work. 

:blowsout:

Most of the posts in this thread are terrible.  If you're looking for legitimate softball nerd shtick that can apply to real life softball situations, I'd suggest the following:

1. Lose your #### if the opposing team hits middle (hits the ball at your pitcher) more than one random time per game.  At high levels, this is considered bad etiquette but at low levels, where I imagine your work league falls, guys simply do it incidentally.  Nonetheless, blowing up on the other team in the event they accidentally hit the ball back at your pitcher is good shtick. 

2. Similarly, lose your #### on your teammates if somebody swings 3-1 or they get thrown out on the base paths.  Since OBP is the dominating statistic in softball, both these plays are, statistically, "bad" decisions - yet shouldn't be a big deal in low level league.  

3.  Full uniform is good shtick.  Especially if you go with stirrups.  

4.  Demand on keeping a book perfectly.  Make sure to check scores with the ump and opposing team.  Ask the ump for scoring calls (hit/error).  Keep the states and print them out for your team every week.  

5.  Assuming home runs are limited, indignantly criticize a teammate if he hits a solo shot.  Similarly, mockingly cheer when the other team hits one.  

6. Comparable to the last one, in the event you're no threat to hit a home run be sure to ask your teammates if "now is a good time to use a home run" and be sure to check with the ump if there are any home runs left.  

7.  Bring a portable boombox but play only actual ballpark music (Fogerty's "Centerfield," etc.).  

You could, of course, just show up and enjoy playing, too.  
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This is all terrible. 

 
Mr.Pack said:
I did that too, after my confirmation. It was a CYO league. Got out of the car, our manager put me in immediately to pinch hit with the bases loaded. Hit a Grand Slam, running the bases in my dress shirt and tie, no jacket tho. It was hilarious.
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Mine was at Sijan field in Bayview, playing for Chuck's on KK in a coed beer league.

 
Pipes said:
Nice...your walk up isn't too extreme.  In my men's league a couple of guys start way outside the box and do this.  The 70 year old ump doesn't say anything.  What you swinging these days?
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That's an ASA league where they make you stay in the box.  It's usually not much more exaggerated than that. 

ASA I'm still swinging my 2015 Demarini One.  Most tourneys and leagues have moved to a softer core ball.  Will swing a Monsta DNA or a Mercy for the 44 cores. 

U-trip, since I don't play it as often and many of the tourneys are bat-provided, I still have an OG Psycho that I use.  

To be honest I'm not a big bat guy.  I usually find one I like and stick with it.  Hit an OG Mizuno Crush for the first couple of years, then his nothing but OG Reapers, moved to the Triad, then hit the One.  Overall, I like the feel of the Demarini and Monsta bats the best but I'm not picky and will swing anything. 

 
Peyton Marino said:
lol, now you're playing the non-competitive, it doesn't matter card?
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You're not going to suck. 

Serious advice: just try to hit the ball hard on the ground.  Learn to take an outside pitch to right field.  You'll hit over .600 in a rec league just hitting hard grounders all over the place. 

 
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Walk up to the plate with a can of Coors Light. Set it down right outside the batters box and pick it back up after you hit a gap double.

 
get fat.  a lot of good softball players never even played HS baseball and are fatties who just learn to put their weight to use.  We had a couple 300lb guys who could barely move that just went to batting cages all the time and dominated.

 
ILUVBEER99 said:
get fat.  a lot of good softball players never even played HS baseball and are fatties who just learn to put their weight to use.  We had a couple 300lb guys who could barely move that just went to batting cages all the time and dominated.
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Seems like someone's already put your advice to good use...

 
Zow said:
New trendy look is to have four batting gloves -- wear two then stick two out of the shorts pockets - and also tuck a towel out the back of your pants. 
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Geez, you can't expect a guy to tear up his batting gloves when sliding.  You really need that additional pair with more padding than sticky.

 
some updates are in order:

week 1 (last week) played a double header, somehow against the same team both games.  lost both, mercy ruled in both.  just bad situation all around.  our best player was running a marathon next morning so he pitched.  ump was telling us we joined the wrong leeg, these guys are good, BLAH BLAH BLAH

FAST FORWARD TO THIS WEEK, we got our mans playing short and our ace on the mound.  actually these guys were taking a ton of pitches and our guy couldn't consistently throw strikes, so there were a LOT of walks.  they also had a hype man whose sole job was to get drunk and talk ####.  he wasn't even playing.  so when we're up to bat he's peaking out from the dugout yelling SWING.  so at one point, one of their guys strikes out looking and i clap (so hard i kind of hurt my hand) and yell "ALL DAY" and the guy points at me as he's walking to the dugout and says he's going to punch me in the mouth.  wild stuff all around.  

we ended up winning 6-3, bringing the record to 1-2.  i like what we showed out there tonight.  really starting to come together.

 
Peyton Marino said:
some updates are in order:

week 1 (last week) played a double header, somehow against the same team both games.  lost both, mercy ruled in both.  just bad situation all around.  our best player was running a marathon next morning so he pitched.  ump was telling us we joined the wrong leeg, these guys are good, BLAH BLAH BLAH

FAST FORWARD TO THIS WEEK, we got our mans playing short and our ace on the mound.  actually these guys were taking a ton of pitches and our guy couldn't consistently throw strikes, so there were a LOT of walks.  they also had a hype man whose sole job was to get drunk and talk ####.  he wasn't even playing.  so when we're up to bat he's peaking out from the dugout yelling SWING.  so at one point, one of their guys strikes out looking and i clap (so hard i kind of hurt my hand) and yell "ALL DAY" and the guy points at me as he's walking to the dugout and says he's going to punch me in the mouth.  wild stuff all around.  

we ended up winning 6-3, bringing the record to 1-2.  i like what we showed out there tonight.  really starting to come together.
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Awesome.  So glad you talked #### to the guy who struck out looking.  It's slow pitch softball...swing the ####### bat.

 
we brought in a guy one year against the 5 time champs in the playoffs.   I ended up sitting for him for 3 innings and was a little miffed over it but the team, for lack of a better word "cleared" it with me first and I appreciated that and we reallllllllly wanted to beat this team (who also brought in ringers).   I figured how good is this one guy and what could he do?   He looked as out of shape as I was and I might have been faster.

Well it turns out the dude played "1B" for the king and his court for a while.   The very first pitch he hit a ball a solid 30-40 yards longer than anyone else in the league that I had ever seen.   At bat two the pitched him way outside in an attempt to pitch around him.  He went opposite field in a no brainier HR.   At bat 3 they threw it slightly over his head and outside and he tomahawk/lightsabers it and hits the fence and then legs out a triple.   Fourth at bat they just refused to pitch to him.  Never seen a hitter this good in my life.

we beat them like 40-15.

 
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