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Edgy MD Feb 05 2014 08:57 AM

Can't find Chris Young's thread. Article today says he sought out Rod F. Carew this offseason and spent a month working with him on his hitting game. Great. But the real curiosity here is that Young is a classic fly ball hitter and Carew one of history's great slap hitters. Will instruction from Carew augment or undermine Young's game? [fimg=300]http://www.thecitrusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rod-carew-angels.jpg[/fimg]

MFS62 Feb 05 2014 09:39 AM Re: Ask a Hall of Famer

Don't know whether it will help or hurt or even change the type of hitter he will be. But I'd imagine it will be general stuff like: wait for a pitch you can hit keep the pre-swing motion to a minimum get your hips out of the way early Sometimes, when you hear it from a great hitter, it sinks in better than hearing it from another coach. or, he'll ask Rod to look at his swing and see what he's doing wrong/ dufferently from the last time Rod saw him. (wasn't Rod one of his organization's coaches when he had good success?) Later

TransMonk Feb 05 2014 09:41 AM Re: Ask a Hall of Famer

#0? Placeholder until a number is chosen or is he the new original Rey Ordonez?

Edgy MD Feb 05 2014 09:49 AM Re: Ask a Hall of Famer

“He did great,” Rod Carew told The Post, in a telephone interview Tuesday night, of his work with Young. “We took out a lot of thinking. I want him seeing the ball and reacting to the ball. … He was concentrating on what we were doing.” and “Chris is the kind if hitter that wants to pull everything,” Carew said. “We worked on using his hands more instead of trying to muscle the ball. On tracking the ball.” And Young was all... “If you focus more on your average, the power will always be there,” he said. “If you’re squaring the ball up more consistently, the power will come.” and “?‘Consistent’ in my eyes is .280 and up. It’s what pops in my head,” he said. “It means you don’t have long slumps, you beat out some grounders and you hit all types of balls to all fields to keep yourself out of trouble.” http://nypost.com/2014/02/04/chris-youn ... nsistency/

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 05 2014 10:19 PM Re: Ask a Hall of Famer

They haven't issued him a number yet. Went as 24 and 25 previously. Neither is technically available though I could see Ricky Bones giving up 25 and the Wilpons forgetting that 24 is put aside*. 23 is empty too. * - It would be nice to "retire" that number for Joan Payson. Might be first woman to have her # retired?

TransMonk Feb 12 2014 07:13 AM Re: Ask a Hall of Famer

TransMonk wrote: #0? Placeholder until a number is chosen or is he the new original Rey Ordonez? It looks like Omar Q is going to be the new orignal Rey Ordonez. Chris Young is #1.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 12 2014 08:35 AM Re: Ask a Hall of Famer

I like that they gave Omar 0. I think all guys named Omar should wear it. As I recall it Omar Oliveras wore 00. I'm also intrigued with a mid-career guy coming in and taking No. 1 as Chris Young did. That's so Gene Clines. My numerical roster is better than Adam Rubin's. [url]http://www.mbtn.net/?p=2026