"Hunter chases bad balls at times. He's different from any hitter I've ever had. We don't want to confuse him. We don't want him to get out of synch with his thinking. The way he approaches hitting, he will always swing at some balls out of the strike zone."Now, what we do about it, I don't know. You wouldn't call him a disciplined hitter. He's unorthodox. He's the kind of guy who, if he sees it and thinks he can hit it, he swings at it. Right now you've got to kind of accept that and hope he gets good balls to hit."Pence leads the Phillies in homers (seven) but is also hitting 42 points under his career .292 average at the beginning of the season. In his last five games he's 2-for-21 (.095), but Manuel is inclined to let him find his own way, pointing out that some of the best hitters in history had less-than-classic swings."The old saying is, if it's not broke, don't fix it. That's kind of how I look at Hunter," he added. "My job is to get the most out of him and the best thing we can do, I don't know. I've never had a hitter like him. I don't know how to talk about him, to tell you the truth. He's different from any hitter I've ever talked to. I don't want to send him a bad message, that we don't like the way he hits."
Thanks for the info. Nice to see others coming to grips with Pence. They are probably hoping he will get hot so they can unload him for prospects.
I wonder how they like his unorthodox outfield play?
Manuel uncertain as to what will help PenceI think they should find a really good trainer of Cocker Spaniels, for starters.
i would have no problem telling him i do not like the way he hits.
You wouldn't call him a disciplined hitter. He's unorthodox.
He's the kind of guy who, if he sees it and thinks he can hit it, he swings at it. Right now you've got to kind of accept that and hope he gets good balls to hit.
The old saying is, if it's not broke, don't fix it. That's kind of how I look at Hunter.
Right now you've got to kind of accept that and hope he gets good balls to hit.
