Sports Illustrated:
Could a 45-year-old writer with no baseball experience beyond seventh grade, armed with only desire and an obsessive work ethic, go deep in a major league park? It would take a helluva lot of swings to find out.
I can identify with this quest. 40lbs ago, I could dunk a basketball; not Jordan-like but I had some hops. I used to be able to throw a perfect spiral 60 yards downfield. Not accurately but with some distance. And I’ve scored my fair share of hockey goals. But I’ve never held a bat in a major league ballpark and “gone yard”. Definitely a bucket list item but, after reading this article and realizing the work it took this guy, I may have to scratch it off as impossible.
There’s a reason hitting the baseball at the major league level is generally considered, all-sports-wide, the most difficult accomplishment.
I can count the number of base hits I’ve ever gotten on the fingers of one much-younger hand. But there was a summer or two, much more than forty pounds ago, when I got pretty good at handball. Long reach, wide stance.
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