Dilip Vishwanat - Getty Images
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nate McLouth explains how he's pulling out of his slump:
The early struggles are hard to explain, given McLouth's ultra-mechanical and compact swing, but he had a similar stretch with the Pirates two years ago and emerged unscathed.
"I've been doing a lot of extra work in the cage and the video room, keeping in mind that it's a long season," he said.
And the problem was?
"I was swinging like a girl."
Nice quote. I tend to think that he was dropping his back leg and uppercutting too much as well as changing the plane of his swing, but I'll also accept that he was "swinging like a girl."
1 recs | 33 comments
Isn't that
Swinging like a weekend warrior on the softball field?
In any event, you’re en fuego today gondee! Good intel
Vance in Sacramento - May 21, 2010
As long as he doesn’t pull an Eric Byrnes and go beer league on us.
Bmacbandwagon - May 21, 2010
I PLAY ON 3 OVER 30 SOFTBALL TEAMS
AND ONCE SCORED 4 TOUCHDOWNS IN A GAME!
I AM OFFENDED!!!!!!!111
/Internetbigtimed
gramsey712 - May 21, 2010
Man, my buddy plays co-ed softball every Wednesday and he talks about it like it matters. It’s kind of sad.
cbwilk - May 21, 2010
haha
buzzdeadwax - May 21, 2010
Lol at that picture of him
(i LOL ’d)
MBL1 - May 21, 2010 via mobile
Nasty seems like a pretty solid dude and a really hard worker. He’s really easy to root for.
This team has tons of guys like that, actually. The only one that seems like a legitimate douche at times is Yunel…
get swoll yunel - May 21, 2010
But I still love him.
McGriff the Crime Dog - May 21, 2010
Ditto.
get swoll yunel - May 21, 2010
agreed
Smoltz's Beard - May 21, 2010
he also seems pretty intelligent
Bravely going forward - May 21, 2010
Ha ha.
Funny guy, that.
UMDBHIK - May 21, 2010
THANKS!
I just want to give a big THANKS to the TC community, Gondeee and everyone who monitors the info and writes up the fantastic articles. It really makes it much easier and enjoyable to follow the Braves now. Keep up the great work!
Pavy848 - May 21, 2010 via mobile
Thanks!
gondeee - May 21, 2010
No offense, Lizzie, NCC, Jude and others…
justincredubil02 - May 21, 2010
None taken
Though I could see it being more offensive if the saying he chose weren’t as socially acceptable. Something like, “I was swinging like…”
-Ray Charles
-a midget
-Richard Simmons
-Tommy Hanson
and so on
coldriver10 - May 21, 2010
Awww, justin. How sweet of you. But you don’t have to apologize for other people’s shortsightedness and insults to members of their own fanbase. I’m not hurt (I’m far too jaded), but I do think it was a thoughtless thing to say to the females who are either faithful fans in their own right or else support their loved ones’ fanship…dom…whatever. Anyway, I’ve got some seam ripping and picture deleting to go do.
Lizziebeth - May 21, 2010
No problem with me...
I am a WOMAN, not a girl.
sddbaker - May 21, 2010
Touche’ good lady.
justincredubil02 - May 21, 2010
well put
Mr. Sanchez - May 22, 2010
Man, a bunch of softball players are gonna be pissed over that. Of course, those chicks don’t like dudes anyway, so who cares?
cbwilk - May 21, 2010
Do I detect....
a touch of bitterness?
sddbaker - May 21, 2010
Hi, I’m CB, nice to meet you.
cbwilk - May 21, 2010
If McLouth was swinging like a girl....
What is Melky swinging like?
EricGreggWasPaidOff - May 21, 2010
A T-Baller?
Dave_D - May 21, 2010
My 83 year old blind grandma with fibromyalgia on her hoveround power scooter
Vance in Sacramento - May 21, 2010
And she has no arms….
EricGreggWasPaidOff - May 21, 2010
Yeah, but if you po’, Medicare will buy that shit for free, brah!
UMDBHIK - May 21, 2010
Melky Cabrera
Erihury - May 21, 2010
Awesome answer….
Vance in Sacramento - May 21, 2010
I still think McLouth’s swing is a bit long. If he could shorten it up and bit and make it more compact and stop trying to drive everything out of the park, I think he would be better off in the long run. He needs to utilize his speed more.
Dave_D - May 21, 2010
I agree, Glaus doesn’t seem to be taking a massive cut every time and he has improved drastically. Even his POWAH is showing up from time to time.
bighop - May 21, 2010
Ut-Oh – Lizziebeth has a cartoon for you…..
NCChopper - May 21, 2010
You must Login with your SB Nation account and be a member of Talking Chop to post a comment.