PRELUDE TO THE SECOND C

HITTERS WHO ARE THE MOST CONSISTENT AT THE PLATE ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO "SLOW THE GAME DOWN" AND LET THE GAME COME TO THEM. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

NUMBER 1, THEY ARE PREPARED. THROUGH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THEY HAVE PREPARED THEMSELVES FOR ANY SITUATION.

NUMBER 2, THEY ARE CONFIDENT IN THEIR ABILITY, AND THEY BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES.

NUMBER 3, THEY DO NOT TRY TOO HARD AND PUT UNDO PRESSURE ON THEMSELVES TO BE PERFECT.

BASEBALL IS A GAME OF FAILURE, AND YOU MUST ACCEPT THAT. JUST COMPETE EACH AND EVERY TIME YOU GO TO HOME PLATE AND LET THINGS HAPPEN. KEEP CONTROL OF YOUR BODY AND MIND AT ALL TIMES.

REMEMBER, RELAXED HITTERS ARE DANGEROUS HITTERS. THESE HITTERS KNOW THE SITUATIONS AND JUST LET THINGS HAPPEN. THEY DON'T PUT PRESSURE ON THEMSELVES, RATHER, THEY LET THE PITCHER MAKE THE MISTAKES. IN OTHER WORDS "THEY LET THE GAME COME TO THEM". IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY ARE IN "A ZONE". THEY ARE TOTALLY FOCUSED AND SHUT THE CROWD, AND THE NOISE AROUND THEM, OUT. THE ONLY THING THEY ARE FOCUSED ON IS THE BALL LEAVING THE PITCHERS HAND. WHEN THE BALL IS DELIVERED THEY TRACK IT AND ATTACK IT! THEY CONTROL THE SITUATION AND DO NOT LET THE SITUATION CONTROL THEM. THEY ARE WHAT I CALL LOCKED AND LOADED.

THE HITTER I WATCH REGULARLY, AND HAVE SEEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 15 YEARS, WHO TRULY SLOWS THE GAME DOWN IS L. A. DODGERS LEFT FIELDER MANNY RAMIREZ. JUST STUDY HIS AT BATS, ESPECIALLY IN TOUGH, GAME WINNING SITUATIONS. IT IS LIKE HE IS COMPLETELY IN CONTROL OF EVERY SITUATION. HE DOESN’T PANIC AND HE IS SMOOTH AS SILK. HE SLOWS THE GAME DOWN AS WELL AS ANY HITTER I HAVE EVER SEEN OR PLAYED WITH. DURING HIS AT BATS, MANNY LETS THE PITCHER MAKE THE MISTAKE, AND IN MOST CASES, IT’S FATAL!

REMEMBER, PREPARE YOURSELF, BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND STRENGTHEN YOURSELF.
DON’T PUT ADDED PRESSURE ON YOURSELF TO BE PERFECT. JUST LET THE GAME COME TO YOU.
THE "PRESSURE IS ON THE PITCHER", NOT ON YOU.

STAY FOCUSED,
MIKE "THE HITMAN" EASLER

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