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Jack Suwinski
Jack Suwinski reached into his locker Saturday at American Family Field and pulled out one of the secrets to his success this season.
A bat? Well, no, although Suwinski loves tinkering with those, including a few models with a counterweighted knob that recently arrived.
What Suwinski, the Pirates’ terrific rookie, actually grabbed was a notebook, one designed for high school or youth players and something he snagged from RYP Hitting, an offseason training facility he shares with longtime friend Marc Mantucca.
This is where Suwinski logs detailed descriptions of his at-bats, including the date, opponent, pitcher, sequence, result and notes about what he felt or thought during and after the at-bat. It’s something Suwinski does to organize his thoughts and also to create a study tool.
“I’m not as smart as I think I am. We’re not as smart as we think we are. Our feelings as athletes, they’re fleeting,” Suwinski said. “But writing that stuff down, it helps me remember how I felt and what I was thinking, and it allows me to go back to those thoughts.” - Pittsburgh-Post Gazette
Redid the facegen.
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