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Phillies' Galvis: from pushing golf carts to 20 HRs

Freddy Galvis' strength was deemed so little six years ago that the Phillies had him push and pull a golf cart around their ballpark in Clearwater, Fla. He was 20 years old and weighed 165 pounds.

There were concerns that he would struggle to ever hit the ball out of the infield.

Galvis strapped on a weight belt that was hooked to the cart by a metal chain. He would run the warning track at Bright House Field with the cart kicking up dust as he pulled it behind him. Galvis would get behind the cart and push and then use the chain to pull it.