Hah! I had that exact same exhange/outcome in softball a few years back. Zinged it right past his head.
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Ray Daniel Salemi < [email protected]> wrote: > 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. The >>> fried-chicken-and-beer episode was the most vivid example of such behavior. >>> On May 11, led by Ortiz, the players took a stand. >>> Maybe it was a start. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Red Sox Citizens" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
