The Sunday Hop

The best pine tar, why 3'7 Eddie Gaedel got an AB and the hitting tool that 70% of pros wear

Author

Daniel Jewett
September 17, 2023

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2 - HELPFUL HITTING TIPS

3 - CRAZY BASEBALL STATS

  • In 1920, Babe Ruth hit more home runs (56) than any other entire team combined. ENTIRE TEAM!

  • Eddie Gaedel was the smallest player to ever play in the MLB. Standing at 3’7. Eddie had one career at bat, in which he walked on 4 pitches. If you’re like me, you’re wondering, “why the heck did this guy get an at bat?” Well, after WWII, Eddie was hired by the owner of the St. Louis Browns simply as a publicity stunt. Seems to me like they should have kept him in the lineup.

  • Walter Young was the biggest player to ever play in the big leagues. At 6’5 322 pounds, Young played 14 career MLB games with the Baltimore Orioles in 2005, batting .303. Young became a police officer after retiring from baseball and tragically died of a heart attack at 35 years old.

2 - GREAT BASEBALL CLIPS

1 - INTERESTING THOUGHT TO GO OUT ON

Almost all professional hitters wear the Pro Hitter thumb guard for a couple of reasons. One, to protect their hand and prevent bat sting, but two, it promotes proper grip of the bat which improves performance. As one who has coached high school baseball for over a decade, I almost never see amateur players using the Pro Hitter. If almost all pro’s use the Pro Hitter to help their performance, shouldn’t we be encouraging our younger ballplayers to use it too?