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Make the Universe Bend In Your Favor.
We all know you (Abby Lockman, CJ McClain, Scarlet McSwain, Shaliyah Geathers to name) are trying your hardest, but sometimes you need to get out of your comfort zone a little and implement the extraordinary measures to get your mojo back. Here are some of my time-tested suggestions which have worked out well for other great ballers:
1. Keep a voodoo doll in your locker. It worked for the power-hitting Jobu character in the movie Major League Baseball. A jobu bobblehead can be purchased online for as little as $10-14.
2. Eat a chicken before every game. There are at least two chicken places nearby or right on campus (Zaxby's and Chick-Fil-A). It worked for the Hall of Fame third baseman Wade Boggs. He also took exactly 150 ground balls during practice. Remember CHICKEN not beef nor pork/turkey.
3. When you're resting your bat, make sure you rest your bat against your leg, spit on your right hand with a good amount of saliva, and clap when preparing for the batter box. That's what the Big Papi of Boston Red Sox does. The ritual has served well for Ortiz in his long successful MLB career.
4. When you are in the pitcher's circle (this is for Bria), wave from the mound to the center fielder (CJ McClain), who would then wave back. Brush your teeth (Bria) and eat four sticks of licorice between innings when you are pitching. Crouch down every time the catcher (Lexi) stand up and stand up when the catcher would crouch. This was Turk Wendell's ritual who was voted the most superstitious athlete of all time by Men's Fitness Magazine. The ritual served Wendell well as he became of the best relief pitchers in his long MLB career.
5. (This is also for Bria) Eat a pound of spaghetti before any game you start. This was the knuckleballer Tim Wakefield's ritual. Wakefield's record in MLB? 200-180. Not bad for a knuckleballer.
6. Wear the same cup from your high school playing days until it gets stolen. This was a ritual for Mark McGuire, one of the original bash brothers. (Too bad that his career got tainted by steroid controversy)
7. Throw away the undershirt you wore during the game if you pitched/played poorly. This was a ritual for Brendan Donnelly who won a couple of World Series in his MLB career.
8. Go check your body/diet by a physician/dietician. Do you need to be on the gluten-free diet by any chance? The discovery turned around the current #1 player in the world and 11-time slam winder Novak Djokovic's career. He's become the most dominant tennis player in the past couple yrs after implementing the new diet regime.
Hope you guys get on a roll soon, and help Tennessee advance to its 8th WCWS come May. Go Vols!
We all know you (Abby Lockman, CJ McClain, Scarlet McSwain, Shaliyah Geathers to name) are trying your hardest, but sometimes you need to get out of your comfort zone a little and implement the extraordinary measures to get your mojo back. Here are some of my time-tested suggestions which have worked out well for other great ballers:
1. Keep a voodoo doll in your locker. It worked for the power-hitting Jobu character in the movie Major League Baseball. A jobu bobblehead can be purchased online for as little as $10-14.
2. Eat a chicken before every game. There are at least two chicken places nearby or right on campus (Zaxby's and Chick-Fil-A). It worked for the Hall of Fame third baseman Wade Boggs. He also took exactly 150 ground balls during practice. Remember CHICKEN not beef nor pork/turkey.
3. When you're resting your bat, make sure you rest your bat against your leg, spit on your right hand with a good amount of saliva, and clap when preparing for the batter box. That's what the Big Papi of Boston Red Sox does. The ritual has served well for Ortiz in his long successful MLB career.
4. When you are in the pitcher's circle (this is for Bria), wave from the mound to the center fielder (CJ McClain), who would then wave back. Brush your teeth (Bria) and eat four sticks of licorice between innings when you are pitching. Crouch down every time the catcher (Lexi) stand up and stand up when the catcher would crouch. This was Turk Wendell's ritual who was voted the most superstitious athlete of all time by Men's Fitness Magazine. The ritual served Wendell well as he became of the best relief pitchers in his long MLB career.
5. (This is also for Bria) Eat a pound of spaghetti before any game you start. This was the knuckleballer Tim Wakefield's ritual. Wakefield's record in MLB? 200-180. Not bad for a knuckleballer.
6. Wear the same cup from your high school playing days until it gets stolen. This was a ritual for Mark McGuire, one of the original bash brothers. (Too bad that his career got tainted by steroid controversy)
7. Throw away the undershirt you wore during the game if you pitched/played poorly. This was a ritual for Brendan Donnelly who won a couple of World Series in his MLB career.
8. Go check your body/diet by a physician/dietician. Do you need to be on the gluten-free diet by any chance? The discovery turned around the current #1 player in the world and 11-time slam winder Novak Djokovic's career. He's become the most dominant tennis player in the past couple yrs after implementing the new diet regime.
Hope you guys get on a roll soon, and help Tennessee advance to its 8th WCWS come May. Go Vols!
