ST. LOUIS – Michael Chavis didn’t know he could do a split until he was with the Red Sox. He has always had to do hip mobility training to play second base because he has naturally tight hips. Playing at first one day, he reached for a ball and noticed he was doing a split.
He couldn’t believe it. Then a thought crossed his mind. “I don’t know how to get up.”
“When I was growing up, I wasn't a super flexible person,” Chavis said. “For the physical fitness test in middle school, I was running the mile, doing the push-ups, but the sit and reach was never really my thing.