2006!
― Andy K, Friday, 17 June 2016 01:41 (seven years ago) link
^^^ andy amaro
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 June 2016 04:31 (seven years ago) link
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― Andy K, Saturday, 18 June 2016 01:48 (seven years ago) link
Quote this tweet with the VERY FIRST baseball player mannerism you copied as a kid.— Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) November 14, 2017
1. willie stargell's 'wind-up' while waiting for a pitch2. probably john candelaria's delivery
even though both those dudes were left-handed and i am not
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
my brother and i would play wiffle ball in our backyard (a home run was one that landed on the roof of the house or went over the fence parallel to the house) and we'd play as teams, but only the teams we were familiar with. he defaulted to the cubs, i'd wind up as whatever opponent they'd play. lots of Cubs vs Expos and Pirates games. not because those teams were our favorite opponents but because we had two plastic helmets in addition to the Cubs one, and those were the two teams.
I'm pretty certain that the first stance I copied was Tim Raines (only his right-handed stance, til i learned to bat from the left side as well a couple years later.)
pitching-wise, i can't remember who i copied.
our six-yr old currently copies Kris Bryant's stance pretty damn well.
― omar little, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 16:50 (six years ago) link
I don't know if I ever did so in actual games, but when I still played at 12 or 13, I'd imitate Carew's batting stance and Tiant's motion.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link