There are many reasons for Andres' struggles, including the off-season distractions that come with winning the World Series and that got him out of his routine. However, he also struggled due to a mechanical problem that he developed as a result of his trying to hit more home runs. Instead of just letting home runs happen, and in an effort to earn a bigger contract, Andres changed his leg lift. He stopped doing the small double tap that worked so well for him in the past and that he used in this clip to absolutely destroy a ball While this big leg kick did work to a degree, it created a problem with the stability of his back leg and his back foot.
In the clip below, notice how, as Andres reaches the top of his leg lift, his weight shifts onto the heel of his back foot. As a result, when his hips fire his back foot moves around much more than you see in a good swing. That reduced the efficiency of his swing — the home run above just squeaked over the wall in right field — and forced him to swing harder.
That in turn reduced his consistency and killed his batting average. Andres called me in late December and flew me out to Arizona so that we could work on his swing. Coming out of those hitting sessions, I was hopeful that Andres would have at least a bounce-back year, if not an extremely good year. Andres' swing was back to his form. His back foot was much more stable, he was back to striding and loading like he did in , and he made an adjustment to his posture that promised to help him draw more walks and improve his ability to hit balls down and away.
As it turned out, was a better, but still mixed, year for Andres. While he had his moments early on in the year, he also struggled with some injury problems. That made it hard for him to get into a rhythm. He was also affected by his ADHD and, in particular, a tendency to continually tinker with his swing instead of just sticking with his swing. As a result, he had a problem tinkering his way out of his good mechanics. Andres did finish strong, due in large part to his dumping the mechanical adjustments that had been suggested to him and gong back to the swing that he was so successful with.
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What do you think about that? He even went so far as to send Andres a letter, which Andres described to me in as "crazy" and "scary. I certainly don't take sole credit for Andres' swing. Among other people, Carney Lansford calmed down Andres' stride in Does he need a place to crash?
My place only half-smells like wet cat, and the sofa is good sleeping for people under six feet. What's it going to take, Andres? This is obviously driven by emotion. For one, the Mets and their fans never appreciated Andres Torres because they are horrible people. This is probably payback for all the nasty things we said about Edgardo Alfonzo, but this is different.
This is Andres Torres. Here are some of the nasty things Mets fans said about Torres in the comments of Amazin' Avenue :. Andres Torres. I hope Fred Lewis gets a call-up, would be nice to see him in CF vs. We'll just have to take him back. It's like selling a mint, in-the-box, vinyl-cape Jawa at a garage sale, and the guy buying it says he's going to take it out of the box and give it to his six-month old to chew on.
What do you do in that situation? You hand back the cash and take the damn toy back, that's what you do. Now that we've got the emotion out of the way, I suppose it wouldn't kill us to look for the logic. This is the best part: It actually makes sense. Homered for 3rd-consecutive game July 9 at Washington, hitting solo shot off Stephen Strasburg to open up contest Recorded walk-off hit July 28 vs. SF held lead, but Marlins tied it in 9th before Torres' game-winning hit in extra frames Recorded his 3rd walk-off hit of season on Aug.
Became 1st Giant in SF-era history to draw pair of walks in 1st inning when Giants batted around and touched Cincinnati's Edinson Volquez for 5 runs in 1st on Aug. Committed his 1st error of season Sept. Giants lost their leadoff man and center fielder on Sept. Was named "Willie Mac" Award winner, an annual honor bestowed upon most inspirational player on team, as voted upon by Giants players, coaches and training staff.
Batted just. Tied Giants postseason record with an extra-base hit in 4-straight games from Oct. Giants logged record when he appeared in game and mark when he received start Milwaukee, striking out as pinch-hitter San Diego and went 1-for-4 with stolen base Splash hit was 48th for Giants Kansas City.
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