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Hey batter, batter, batter …

Maybe we understood the benefits of plate discipline back in Little League and just didn’t know it. Cameron Frye got it. That time-honored taunt encouraged the opposing batter to swing. No one ever shouted: Hey batter, batter, batter … take!

When a teammate let a pitch go that was called a ball, we chimed in with “good eye!” We sensed that swinging wasn’t always a good thing.

At an even younger age, the tees we hit off were lined up in the middle of the strike zone. That made it easiest to hit.