Why the Grapefruits
When a hitter sees the pitch so well that it appears to be larger than its actual size, he may describe the ball as being “as big as a grapefruit.” After hitting a 565-foot home run, Mickey Mantle once said, “I just saw the ball as big as a grapefruit”. During a slump, Joe ‘Ducky’ Medwick of the St. Louis Cardinals said he was “swinging at aspirins.” ~ Robert Roy Britt, “Baseball Science: Better Hitters See Ball as Bigger,” Live Science, December 15, 2005
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