Our 10 year old is FINALLY swinging the bat HARD at bat

in games now.

he would swing hard in BP, then slow down his swing in order to make contact. oh, and wait and swing half an hour late.

last game, while in the on deck circle, he got drilled in the back by a foul ball bouncing off the dugout facade. he turned and looked at me (sitting in the dugout), and i said, "good, maybe now you'll get pi$$ed and swing hard at the ball."

i think it made him mad. he went up and pulled one into right.

last night, he hit the ball hard 4 times, went 3-4 with 2 RBIs. 2 doubles, a pop out (dropped his hands), and a single.

he clobbered one right back up the middle - a line drive right at the pitcher's face. the pitcher threw up his glove, and the ball knocked the glove off the pitcher's hand!

as the official scorer, i gave him a hit.