Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for May 17, 2010

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    Chuckster11  over 14 years ago

    Is that a “man” hand in P1? P2 shows her problem…she is dropping her right elbow…it needs to be higher.

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    jamesmcl0828  over 14 years ago

    She swings like a girl.

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    WallyCuppaJoe  over 14 years ago

    I think her problem is either her eyesight or the fungo bat she’s using. Seems to have an eyesight problem in P-1 as she’s holding the phone to her eye and not her ear.

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    Mopman  over 14 years ago

    What? Is he lobbing balls to her to hit from 5 feet away, while kneeling with no protection????

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    OldGreyBear  over 14 years ago

    in the “drill” they seem to be doing, you are as close to 90 degrees from the batter as you can get and then the batter swings and attempts to hit the ball in the direction she/he is standing. The “Pitcher” is as off to the side as can be

    He seems to be protected however by the levitating cue stick in P3

    PS She is tired of getting “frozen out”? Why is that Cassie? Because you bailed on your team mates at the biggest game of the year? Lucky she hasnt been given a shaved head and heet creme left in her jock…

    Oh wait, wrong equipment mentioned. I will have to think further about this

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    Cary Rodda Premium Member over 14 years ago

    OK, someone really needs to school the artist on the “upper lip problem.” P1 definitely looks like a Prince ‘stache.

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    fanofgil  over 14 years ago

    The drill is legit; it’s called the “flip drill’ and it is fairly accurately drawn and explained in the comments. As for the right elbow, that is old school thinking, especially for softball. Hitting correctly involves dragging the hands forward, fairly close to the body, and with a raised back elbow the tendency is to cast the hands out away from the body. Not only is this slower, but there is a significant loss of power. Perhaps Cassie is not a slugger, but prefers good contact and likes to hit it up the middle.

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    JerryPulver  over 14 years ago

    I hope Derek’s wearing one strong cup – that’s gonna hurt!

    What teenage kid uses the word “pariah”?

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    OldGreyBear  over 14 years ago

    “What teenage kid uses the word “pariah”?”

    Have you never heard the adage:

    It takes one to know one

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