Hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in sports. As legend Ted Williams once said, “They throw you a round ball and give you a round bat and tell you to hit it squarely.” Williams made this statement when the average speed of a fastball wasn’t 92.8 mph like in today’s game.
Now, imagine trying to hit a 92.8 mph round ball with a round bat squarely AND being fresh off the injured list. That’s what Luke Voit’s daily task entails and from what it looks like, it’s not easy.
The power-hitting first baseman was injured overseas when the Yankees were battling the Red Sox in MLB’s first games ever to be played in Europe.