It almost sounded like just fill-in chatter from Joe Simpson during one of the Pittsburgh contests this week.
Paraphrased, he mentioned that Jeff Francoeur and Kelly Johnson were both coming to the conclusion that each had seemingly forgotten how to “lift” the ball in their respective hitting strokes. Thus in batting practice lately, they had been working on that, leading to the notion that Frenchy was beginning to ‘grip it and rip it.’
The result this week? 3 homers from these hitters.
Now that’s not exactly the way hitting coach Kevin Seitzer draws up things.