Red Sox' relative strengths and weaknesses

[a700hitter]

Just losing the ability to bat RHed is enough proof that at some point the weight took over on Panda. Usually that is a graph of age/weight and when the two lines cross, the player is in trouble.

 

Anybody that could not see that Panda was fighting all that weight batting from the right side is just plain blind to it. He was utterly motionless through the hips and torso. You actually could not see his hips turn at all if they were turning. The bat simply appeared out from behind all that rotundness with no evidence of his hips clearing. The best way I could describe it is a guy trying to bat while wrapped up in bungee cord that he was trying to fight through to get around.

i know someone who was an excellent power hitter in college and then he got extremely heavy (over 300 lbs). We were in a group taking BP at Shea Stadium and he was blasting balls up the gaps to the warning track and wall. When we congratulated him on his hitting, he told us that if he could have rotated his hips that he would have been driving those balls out of the park. He was hitting with all arms. No did not notice the hip rotation limitation by Panda, but I will be looking for it this year.

[jung]

Just to be clear 700 there was a decided dif between Panda batting from the LHed and Panda batting RHed last year. You could see him at least able to clear his hips LHed but no luck RHed. So if he never goes back to hitting RHed again while keeping all this weight, you might never get a chance to see what I saw in 2015. Other than news of doing two-a-days in Florida, have not heard a word about Panda's conditioning or his weight to this point. Although all the quiet on the topic is not IMO encouraging.

[a700hitter]

I heard that Panda's off season conditioning plan is targeted at adding height.

[cp176]

vertically striped clothing can do that

[mvp 78]

I heard that Panda's off season conditioning plan is targeted at adding height.

 

Tim Naehring cleats.

[cp176]

Lincoln's hat

[a700hitter]

Lincoln's hat

 

Lol! If they came back in style, scouts would have to look for pitchers who are 7 feet tall.

[cp176]

Lol! If they came back in style, scouts would have to look for pitchers who are 7 feet tall.

 

come on - those big guys throw harder and don't get hurt as often

[a700hitter]

come on - those big guys throw harder and don't get hurt as often

Abe Lincoln's hat was a myth.

[cp176]

Abe Lincoln's hat was a myth.

 

It got shot off his head.

[mvp 78]

It got shot off his head.

 

Too soon

[a700hitter]

too soon

lol!