Young fan gives Max Scherzer adorable advice on hitting homers
Washington Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer has not only developed into one of MLB’s most dominant pitchers, he’s also a pretty decent hitter.
That seems to be the trend these days among the National League’s top hurlers. It’s well documented that pitchers like Madison Bumgarner, Jake Arrieta and Clayton Kershaw are all capable of supporting themselves with important hits, and even the occasional home run.
[Elsewhere: Bryce Harper cuts up batting gloves after mammoth home run]
The latter though is one thing that’s missing from Scherzer’s statsheet. In 198 career plate appearances, he has 33 hits, but none of those have left the ballpark. He has a knack for making contact — he’s only struck out 53 times — and he’s laid down 19 sacrifice bunts, but he’s yet to square up a baseball Bartolo Colon style to get that first career homer under his belt.
One young Nationals fan would like to see that change though, and in an effort to motivate and educate, he sent Scherzer this book that illustrates the best ways to hit a home run.
Here’s a closer look at the fan’s helpful suggestions.
The young fan obviously drew this before Bryce Harper’s mammoth third-deck home run on Thursday. Otherwise, he’d undoubtedly note that batting gloves are merely a hindrance when attempting to go yard.
Still, this is one of the cutest things we’ve seen all weekend.
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Now, the young fan just needs to come up with some advice on not allowing home runs. If Scherzer could stop doing that, he may just become the very best pitcher in baseball.
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