Cunningham: You didn't used to play baseball did ya? I know you. You're Merrill Hess! I was there the day you hit that 507-footer over the left field wall, set the record. Man, that thing had a motor on it. It's still the record right?
Merrill: Got the bat at home on the wall.
Cunningham: You've got two minor league home-run records, don't ya?
Merrill: Five.
Cunningham: Why weren't you in the pros making stacks of cash and getting your toes licked by beautiful women?
Lionel Prichard: 'Cause he has another record most people don't know about. He has the minor league strikeout record.
Merrill: Hello Lionel.
Lionel Prichard: Merrill's a class-A screw up. He would just swing that bat as hard as he could every time. Didn't matter what the coaches said, didn't matter who was on base. He would just whip that bat through the air as hard as he could. Looked like a lumberjack chopping down a tree. Merrill here has more strikeouts than any two players.
Cunningham: You really got the strikeout record?
Merrill: Felt wrong not to swing.
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Babe Ruth always held the MLB strike out record, too.
The only way to hit home runs is to swing.
Some people would never list themselves in strike out Hall of Fame. But they also never swung the bat.
You can't be afraid to fail . . . to strike out. At ANYTHING. If you are afraid, you will never hit the ball. You will never really be in the game at all.
Swing away.
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