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March 02, 2008
Yanks Bring In Phillies Scout To Help Hitters?
Via Tricities Sports -
So how respected is [Tim] Nolan?
He will be in Kingsport this weekend and then in Tampa, Fla., next week teaching what he knows to the likes of Alex Rodriguez and the other New York Yankees.
"I am heading from here to Spring Training in Florida,'' said Nolan in an interview at the complex Saturday morning. "I'll work with the Yankees, as well as Tampa Bay and the Philadelphia Phillies. I will be there approximately three weeks and then go to Arizona and work with the Royals, Rangers, Brewers and Padres.''
Nolan, who also serves as an associate scout for the Phillies, works with both baseball and softball players to improve their swings. He works on fundamentals with an eye on improving speed, strength and power.
The training is designed to make hitters quicker, faster and stronger with the bat through use of proper techniques.
"We are doing weight training with baseball and softball players,'' said Nolan. "We are teaching them fundamentals of the swing. We teach them what traditional players have done and are doing.''
I have to think this is more of a marketing meeting/sales pitch thing with (batting coach) Kevin Long for Nolan's system rather than Nolan coming into the Yankees camp to teach "what he knows to the likes of Alex Rodriguez and the other New York Yankees." The latter just sounds too bizarre to be true.
Posted by Steve Lombardi at March 2, 2008 08:49 AM