The Sunday Hop

Today's Topics: The training bat that's taking the game by storm, a day in the life of a top high school prospect, and Wade Boggs drinks 107 beers in a day.

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Daniel Jewett
May 05, 2024

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MY NEW FAVORITE HITTING TOOL

The Skinny Barrel Trainer From Homewood Bat

About once a year, a new training bat comes out that becomes the hottest thing in baseball. 2024 is the year of the skinny barrel trainer.

I love this bat and use it almost daily with all of my players. It is a staple of our hitting routine and the players love to use it.

The skinny barrel improves barrel accuracy, while the light weight of it helps improve bat speed.

Watch this clip as pro player Ryan Fitzgerald explains why he uses the Skinny Barrel Trainer.

The idea of the skinny bat as a training tool has been around for years, but our friends at Homewood Bat took it to a new level with this design.

The length to weight ratio is perfect, and the real baseball bat handle is what sets it apart. It actually feels like you’re holding a real bat. So the feel is consistent with your normal bat while still getting the benefits of it as a training tool.

And don’t get me started on the wiffle ball bat paint job they put on this thing.

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Bringing it down to about $63 plus $10 shipping and some taxes and you are out the door for around $75. Do yourself a favor and grab one of these.

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A TOP HIGH SCHOOL PROSPECT

Every ballplayer that wants to play at a high level should watch this video showing the training routine of top high school sophomore prospect, Jacob Lombard.

I know this schedule isn’t feasible for 99% of high school athletes but seeing it just might give our young athletes a little motivation to be better themselves.

Definitely worth a watch.

A BASEBALL MOVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE

Pete Crow-Armstrong has been in the Big Leagues for a week and has already done something never seen before on the diamond. As a Cub fan myself, he has been one of the more entertaining players I’ve watched in a long time.

The other day he pulled this move while sliding into second base.

If you haven’t seen it, you gotta watch it. The call on the field was safe FYI although I believe MLB is going to put a rule in place that outlaws it.

INCREDIBLE BASEBALL STORY ON WADE BOGGS DRINKING 107 BEERS

The Day That Wade Boggs Drank 107 Beers

In 2003, former Yankees teammate Jeff Nelson said during an interview with KJR Radio that Boggs would routinely drink 50-60 beers during a cross country flight.

Everyone who has played with Boggs has all said the same thing: the guy can drink…a lot.

“It was on one of those flights from Boston to LA, we were playing blackjack on the plane with a bunch of the guys. I had just started and didn’t know that one of the other guys was counting and he said, “Boggs, do you realize that you’re at 45 [beers drank] right now? And I think we had about another hour or so to go on the flight, so [the final count] was 73 for the flight,”

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Til’ next time,

DJ - Sunday Baseball