[新聞] Rodriguez Hikes Socks and the Homers Follow

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From: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/sports/baseball/11pins.html Rodriguez Hikes Socks and the Homers Follow By TYLER KEPNER Published: April 11, 2007 MINNEAPOLIS, April 10 — When Alex Rodriguez took batting practice Tuesday, he had these five hits in a row: fly ball off the right-field wall, two flies off the center-field wall, ground ball up the middle, fly ball into the left-field seats. It was only practice, but that was a slice of vintage Rodriguez. He was focused on hitting the ball to center or right, but still turning on pitches and punishing them to left. “He’s locked in right now,” Manager Joe Torre said before the Yankees played the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome. “The most important thing, for me, is he’s using the opposite field and center field, because you’re less likely to get fooled because you see the ball just a touch longer, and it doesn’t look like he really cares what they’re throwing him.” Not much is fooling Rodriguez these days. On Monday, he became the first Yankee to hit five home runs in the team’s first six games. He has benefited from hitting behind Bobby Abreu, who works deep counts, and is working well with the new hitting coach, Kevin Long. “It’s basically been getting himself in a good position to hit, trusting his ability, trusting what he sees, allowing himself to stay short and tight with everything, and making sure his leg kick is under control,” Long said. Rodriguez has also made a fashion adjustment. While most players wear their pant legs down by their ankles, Rodriguez hikes his up to right below his knees, showing off his solid navy blue socks. He has done this before, for a game or so at a time, but now it is part of his ensemble. “We were on a back field in the middle of spring training, just being goofy, ” Rodriguez said. “I was with my buddy Pepe, from Miami, and I just put them up. He said, ‘You look like a Notre Dame football player,’ and I just stuck with them after that.” -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 203.69.75.117