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Jeff Blair

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
7830 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

It goes in and out of the zone.

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

Who's that look like?

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

Instead of getting in the zone and staying in the zone.

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

Who did that look like in the playoffs?

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

You know, it's almost like that take your pitcher thing.

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

I was always taught that.

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

Cecil Cooper used to always tell me in batting practice, it's not how you start your swing, it's how you finish it.

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

Take your pitcher.

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

It just means it's effortless.

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

You can stand there forever.

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

You kind of look like a statue, right?

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

You want to get it up above your head.

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

Basically, you're hitting it and throwing it in the air.

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

It's that kind of thing.

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

So you just got to have timing to do all that.

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

And what's the pitcher's job?

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

Pete Walker talks about that all the time is โ€“

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

Absolutely.

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

It's like holding on base runners.

Blair & Barker
The Rays' Way with Marc Topkin

Like you want to do little different things to just kind of disrupt what they're trying to do timing wise.