"The pitching machine, the weight room and the master bedroom are clustered together. "I did put in one wall," Reggie said.To his credit, however, Reggie does own the batting cage free and clear of any mortgage.
When he wants to bat, he pushes aside the sofas to form his personal playing field. He steps inside the net, suspended from the ceiling. If Amber is busy, he hits off a tee.
If she is free, she feeds balls into the pitching machine. Amber stands behind an L-screen, the kind used to protect batting-practice pitchers. Still, line drives sometimes rip through the screen."I know she's taken a few in the helmet," said Mickey Hatcher, the Angels' hitting coach. "But that's part of the game."
We are four humble men who love sports, but hate sports commentary. Peter Gammons is our hero and John Madden is our enemy. If you were to ask us our purpose, our answer would be simple: "We are forever locked in Mortal Kombat for the souls of sports fans everywhere. Statistics are our science and 'the immeasurable character of men' is the obsolete religion of blind faith. Our job is to prove that God doesn't exist and that athletes are merely cold, metal machines with no hearts or souls."
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Saturday, February 7, 2009
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Just how bad do young MLB players get paid? Just ask Angel's OF Reggie Willits, who lived inside of a batting cage with his family for four years.
At least he doesnt borrow his sisters car to use the internet at the library like eckstein
ReplyDeleteYou know, i STILL can't find confirmation of that story...where did u hear it?
ReplyDeleteThat was a good story on Reggie Willits. I never heard of that one.
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