Thread: Kind of Close Here?
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Old Thu Oct 11, 2012, 07:18am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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This is Phil Cuzzi, and he's been using this close-in stance for a while. Here's another one of him with Orioles catcher Matt Wieters (sorry for the large size).



I'm sure Phil has no problem opening the gate and not interfering with a catcher's throw.

Personally, I would never get that close.
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