We just had an excellent softball game this weekend where the opposing pitcher yelled at us for not swinging at his bad pitches and taking our walks. I yelled back, "We'll swing when you start throwing strikes." Then, I was on deck, then I was up (slow pitch softball, btw, so no brushback threat).
The guy threw me three balls in a row, and I watched them go by. The catcher's patter was "C'mon he's not swinging. He won't swing. Make him swing." The pitcher threw a strike, that I watched go by. He threw another strike that as a little low for my liking. 3-2 and the catcher is saying, "Yeah! He has to swing now. You're making him swing." The pitcher threw another strike and I lined it over his head for a single. So, in this case, I think the guy bore down and focused on his objective. Being yelled at many not make your fastball faster, but perhaps it causes you to visualize what's important a little better. On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]>wrote: > I don't believe that yelling at someone improves his fastball. > > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't believe in coincidences. >> >> Dan D >> Central NJ USA >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Tom Salemi <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2012 11:44 AM >> *Subject:* Team Meeting >> >> So maybe a manager can't or won't make a stand .... but can players? >> >> Read the report on the team meeting. Is the better record merely a >> coincidence? Or were Beckett & Co. dragging it and had to be called out? >> >> >> >> >> >> If the Red Sox rally to make the postseason, they might look back to a >> players-only meeting on May 11 as a turning point. >> >> <http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/page/Great-American-Race-yankees-red-sox-rays-tigers-angels-rangers-battle-for-supremacy-040412> >> GREAT >> AMERICAN >> RACE<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/page/Great-American-Race-yankees-red-sox-rays-tigers-angels-rangers-battle-for-supremacy-040412>The >> Junior Circuit is poised for epic >> AL pennant >> chases<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/page/Great-American-Race-yankees-red-sox-rays-tigers-angels-rangers-battle-for-supremacy-040412> >> this >> season. >> The night before, right-hander Josh >> Beckett<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/player/josh-beckett/104633?q=josh-beckett> >> had >> allowed seven runs in 2 1/3 innings and the Sox had lost to the Indians at >> Fenway Park 8-3. >> Designated hitter David >> Ortiz<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/player/david-ortiz/85214?q=david-ortiz>, >> the team's longest-tenured member, called the meeting, and apparently it >> was a doozy. >> "Heated," was the adjective one player used. >> The hitters challenged the pitchers to "step it up," according to two >> sources. The overall theme was that each player needed to take >> responsibility. >> The effect was immediate, and positive. >> The Red Sox won their next five games, and since the meeting have won >> seven of nine overall. >> >> <http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/lists/What-has-led-to-the-recent-troubles-the-Red-Sox-have-experienced-051112> >> RED >> ALERT<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/lists/What-has-led-to-the-recent-troubles-the-Red-Sox-have-experienced-051112>The >> Boston Red Sox used to beMLB's lovable >> idiots<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/lists/What-has-led-to-the-recent-troubles-the-Red-Sox-have-experienced-051112>, >> but fans are no longer amused. >> There is no way to know how the rest of their season will play out, >> whether the Sox will surge after their injured players return or whether >> manager Bobby Valentine, after a rocky first seven weeks, will find the >> right touch. >> But one criticism of the Sox toward the end of last season was that some >> of their players acted with a sense of entitlement. 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