Hours earlier, with Bader leaning nearby, Goldschmidt stood in the same batter’s box, looking out at the same PNC Park cityscape backdrop, and saw a pitch in that same location over and over and over and over again. Goldschmidt wanted to escape the batting cage for early practice on the field so he could “get that visual” of how he was hitting specific pitches, whether he was hooking an inside pitch foul or keeping it true. He wanted to see the results of his swing. Bader just wanted to see more results from his swing. They both enlisted Albert to throw BP and talk hitting Tuesday afternoon in a mostly empty ballpark.
Goold: Cardinals' offensive surge comes as Albert is 'finding his voice as a hitting coach'
