Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 28, 2006
Learning Speed

Rockies coach Dave Collins challenged Brad Hawpe to get faster over the winter, and Brad did just that:

Hawpe isn't about to make any Olympic bids, but after a winter of regular work with Texas Christian University track coach James Thomas, Hawpe says he reduced his time from home to first base by "three-tenths of a second to four- tenths" of a second.

More important, said Hawpe, he strengthened his left leg, which he believed was imperative after missing seven weeks because of a strained left hamstring in the second half last season.

According to The Bill James Handbook 2006, Hawpe only went first to third one time in eleven opportunites last year. He was not thrown out on base, but his slowness kept his attempts down. We'll have to watch to see if this improves this year.


Posted by David Pinto at 03:20 PM | Base Running | TrackBack (0)
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