PSL: Fernando Martinez’s Swing
…i was able to hang out around the cage during a bit of pre-game batting practice…Howard Johnson leaned against the cage offering up advice every now and then, while Willie Randolph and Darryl Strawberry stood off to the side, watching, discussing and just sort of talking baseball…
…i noticed two bats laying on the ground, one belonging to Jose Reyes and the other 
to David Wright…so, of course, i picked up each bat, and took a practice swing…i mean, how could i not…
…i watched Fernando Martinez, and took a bunch of photos while he hit – as you can see below…the guy has an amazing swing…so natural…so fluid…and very, very consistent…he’s quick too…he stands very balanced, very unassuming, and then just cuts through the air with his bat like a knife through butter…he never loses balance, even on his follow though…my favorite photo is the final shot, of martinez walking off the field with the Citi Field logo in the background…it’s like looking through a window in to the future…
To check out my entire spring-training photo album, go here.
