JUPITER, Fla. – Andrew Romine wants to punch me.
We are sitting on the bench inside the visitors dugout at Roger Dean Field on Tuesday. He is explaining his new swing and animating how, if he wanted to punch me — really punch me — he wouldn’t swing across my face, but rather through it.
“Because that’s going to provide the most power,” he said. “So, if I’m going to hit a baseball, I don’t want to hit a baseball and go off it. I want to hit a baseball and go through it until it takes off, and then your swing finishes naturally because that’s the way your body is going to spin.