Dugout Central: Paciorek: Making a Better A-Rod

I can’t go through this now...I’m too busy trying to figure out what the hell a Sha-Weez is!

The most proficient batters are those who give 100% so that they can maximize their talents. But if the principle to which they commit their efforts is not founded on an exact science, then the results of those efforts will be highly imperfect at best, and ultimately discouraging to all earnest seekers of optimum accomplishment. If the practice of an imperfect principle is what diminishes the quality of their work as batters, would it not be conducive to their betterment to explore and find the principle that promotes the most consistent success? Excellence can be achieved as a goal only if excellence is the starting point from which to proceed.

Perfection on a human level is most improbable. But when the margins of error are attenuated, the probability of success is proportionately increased. Taking an Aristotelian proposition into consideration, an astute batter should certainly acknowledge a primary, near-perfect facilitator of excellence to be a Bonds (as well as Ted Williams and Pujols) and proceed to copy his (their) mechanical proficiency.

Rodriguez isn’t and can’t be perfect. But he is great. And if he were to adopt more of the principles of those closest to perfection, and keep his front foot planted more firmly like Bonds and Pujols, he could be even better.