More from George Lombard Jr. in the clubhouse on his performance vs the Braves and the success that he's had at the dawn of his MLB career. #YANKSonYRS
Spencer Jones said that, in the cafeteria after Saturday’s game, George Lombard Jr. was already quizzing teammates about Grant Holmes -- Atlanta’s starter for Sunday afternoon.
“He’s super mature for his age. He loves baseball,” Jones said. “We were eating just now and he’s talking about the pitcher for tomorrow. It just kind of shows you where his head is at.”
@PaulMcCoy97 It will be interesting to hear what Jazz has to say about his experience within the NYY when he’s gone. I wonder if he’ll talk about everything like he did after he left Miami
Heliot Ramos becomes the first Yankee to reach base four times in one game since Ben Rice on July 11th
Since June, the Yankees have only had five instances where a player reached base 4+ times in a game. Before June it happened 21 times
Spencer Jones going through a major slump was pretty obvious. He’s a rookie and needs time to adjust to major league pitching.
Patience is key with this kid.
He swings at the ball like he needs to hit the ball as hard as possible. Lombard hit a home run in his first game with a GOOD swing.
Barry Bonds himself said:
"I think of myself as 'catching' the ball with my bat and letting the pitcher supply the power."
"My dad always told me, 'Be a great hitter. Don’t chase the fence. Chase the fence, you’re gonna lose. Be a great hitter.' And that's all I wanted to do. So I had to take contact hitters [like Tony Gwynn and Pete Rose]... because I could hit the long ball, but I was striking out a lot when I was younger. And I had to close that gap."
Jones has the size to make it happen with ease. Rowson must be telling him to hit the ball as hard as he possibly can