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[DeltFish @DeltFish]

@BrandonHuston15 @MKG_Sports But does the listing say authentication guarantee still? I don’t look at price, I make sure it shows the guarantee separate on listing

[DeltFish @DeltFish]

@darrenrovell Darren - awesome coverage!!! Enjoying every update. Are you at game? If so how did you secure tickets?

[Les Franklin @franklin_les]

@TecmoBowlLeague LT and Bo. Other four wouldn’t matter. Block every PAT with LT and Bo is unstoppable!

[Joey- Cade Smith enjoyer @GuardsJoey]

Brother had Jimmy John surgery

[DeltFish @DeltFish]

@JimJones69_ @TickPick @Kyle_Zorn @KnicksMuse You

[Chris Freiman @cafreiman]

Taking a timeout to avoid a five yard delay of game penalty

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

I don't know why any of you haters are surprised I'm the one actually engaging here.

You're the ones who've obsessively pored over the 10,000 photos, the 30,000 text messages, and the 128,000 emails from my hacked iCloud and stolen devices.

If I am anything, I am prolific.

You know what you won't find? Any of the most heinous, hateful things you keep posting about me.

What you'll find from me here is the same thing you found there.

Total transparency. Finally on my terms. Not yours.

[DeltFish @DeltFish]

@parlayranter Well Arnaldi withdrew

[Jermaine Curtis @JermaineCurtis]

When I was with the St. Louis Cardinals, we had a team meeting about hitting with two strikes.

Albert Pujols was leading it.

At the time, he was hitting something ridiculous with two strikes.

I want to say it was around .265.

Naturally, everyone wanted to know how.

So somebody asked:

"What's your two-strike approach?"

Albert's answer surprised me.

He said:

"I think fastball inside and hit it back through the middle."

That was it.

No complicated mechanics.

No secret formula.

Just:

Fastball inside.

Back through the middle.

I remember sitting there thinking:

"Why would you think fastball inside with two strikes?"

So somebody asked him.

And Albert said something I'll never forget.

He said:

"If I can hit a fastball inside back through the middle..."

"I can hit the fastball away."

"I can stay on the changeup."

"I can stay on the slider."

"I can stay on the curveball."

Then he paused.

And said:

"The ball gets deeper."

That's when it clicked for me.

He wasn't trying to pull the inside fastball.

He was using one thought to cover everything.

The more I thought about it...

The more it made sense.

So I started trying it.

And it changed the way I thought about hitting with two strikes.

Instead of worrying about every pitch...

I focused on one.

Fastball inside.

Back through the middle.

See it DEEP.

If you're struggling with two strikes, here's what I'd do tonight:

Round 1: Short Box

(Set the distance somewhere between front toss and batting practice.)

Have a coach throw only fastballs inside.

Your only thought:

"Fastball inside."

Drive the ball back through the middle.

10 swings.

Round 2: Mix Speeds

Now the coach mixes:

- Fastballs
- Changeups
- Breaking balls
- Sliders

But your thought never changes.

You're still looking:

"Fastball inside."

10 swings.

Round 3: Two-Strike BP

Every pitch starts 0-2.

Compete.

Battle.

Use the same approach.

"Fastball inside."

Back through the middle.

10 swings.

That's it.

30 focused swings.

One thought.

One approach.

One goal.

Drive the baseball back through the middle.

One thing I've learned:

Most hitters get worse with two strikes because they add thoughts.

Albert got better because he removed them.

With two strikes, simplicity is a weapon.

Thank you for reading,
Jermaine Curtis

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[DeltFish @DeltFish]

@Toby_Christie I love this!!!! And if they want to keep stages just no caution, award points and keep going

[DeltFish @DeltFish]

@McFranchisee @McDonalds The spicy sauce (I think mighty?) that came with the spicy nuggets about 5 years ago was best sauce ever had in my life. So sad don’t have, any idea how to make it or get?

[DeltFish @DeltFish]

@MoustacheBarnes Can I shoot lefty on the right side? Maybe. Lefty on left, no way

[DeltFish @DeltFish]

@darrenrovell When legend becomes fact, print the legend

[Channing Frye @channingfrye]

Won a chip got rich and played 14yrs……… suck it Chase

[DeltFish @DeltFish]

@DK_Assist @EMorrison45 What is your meaning of ASAP?

[DeltFish @DeltFish]

@FrankBr05713205 How did you take a picture of the menu without a phone? You carrying around a camera?

[Jaime Cruz-Morales @jcmlink]

@DragonflyJonez Honestly, I mean, if you wanted to generate drama, just have a selection committee like college football and just select the 1, 2, 3 picks based on potential and merit. Would it be fair? No. Would we watch the selection show? Yeah.

[DeltFish @DeltFish]

@PropGeekZeke How is it different from Wemby 20 ball on 4 made shots?

[DeltFish @DeltFish]

@OnyxOdds @Hoopss Now do Wemby

[DeltFish @DeltFish]

@Zcards55 @Eyles007 Still available? Have any other cards to list? I followed you if want to send a DM