Chris Chambliss
Chris Chambliss
Carroll Christopher Chamblissis an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1988 for the Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves. He served as a coach for the Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, and Seattle Mariners...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth26 December 1948
CityDayton, OH
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That's the good part. When he returns, we'll get him as many at-bats as we can. Hitters are able to get ready faster than pitchers.
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I wanted him to see how balanced Albert is. He keeps his head so still. That makes a big difference as far as seeing the ball.
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Every pinch-hit at-bat is like the first at-bat of spring training every year, like starting over every at-bat and it's a tough, tough job.
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We can't change it now. Obviously, it would be better if he was playing.
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Junior sets a good example with the way he works in BP. He hits the ball all over. He could pull everything and hit long home runs. But he works on driving the ball to left and center. Adam (Dunn) and (Austin) Kearns have picked up on that.
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It's out of our hands. But it's not the ideal situation.
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It's always going to be a challenge to keep the strikeouts down with the personnel we have. We're trying to get those numbers down. But when you're scoring the most runs in the National League, I'll take that tradeoff.
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What he's doing now, he has proven he could do that over his whole career. He has worked hard to get back and now he's happy, healthy and used to playing the way he always has.
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If you're not having fun in baseball, you miss the point of everything.
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You have no time to think about your footwork. You have to anticipate quickly. If you're late with the footwork, try to get it after the play is halfway over, it's too late.
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When Wily Mo sees the ball well, he makes good decisions as far as balls and strikes. Wily works at it. He wants to get better.
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I saw bat speed right from the beginning. After you've got bat speed, my job is to get him into position to use the bat speed. That's what we've worked on, proper positioning, stay down on the ball and not try to pull everything.
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His bat speed is as good as I've ever seen it. But it isn't a matter of getting back to where he was 13 years ago. It's a matter of being the best that he can be right now, and he is.
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But if he's able to consistently wait on the ball and see it a little longer and have a shorter stroke to the ball, the strikeouts can be cut down without losing his great power.