Needing just 4.4 seconds to cover 78 feet, Byron Buxton not only saved a Twins win in sensational fashion, but he left everyone — even himself — nearly speechless: “I don’t think I’ve ended a game with a catch like [that].”
Hitting .300 has become an increasingly rare feat — only seven qualified batters did it last year — but it remains an alluring baseball accomplishment. And these six hitters are showing there’s no one way to reach it.
Francisco Lindor has been featured in GQ and visited Paris for fashion week, and now his latest foray into “the zeitgeist” of sports is for a cover feature on Boardroom magazine.
On the field or in the recording studio, old-fashion self-assurance can go a long way toward success. That’s one thing rapper Waka Flocka Flame makes clear as the guest on the latest episode of the 6-1-1 Podcast co-hosted by former Phillies greats Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins.