HANK CONGER RUMORS & GOSSIP
Los Angeles Angels Catcher Hank Conger Proves Why You Never Say Die
From Little League up through the professional ranks coaches always tell their players to run it out; to never say die. You never know when fate and luck (good for you or bad for the other team) will intervene and give you that extra second or two needed to make it down the base line.
Angels catcher Hank Conger must have listened, because even though he stumbled on this play he...
Angels catcher Hank Conger falls down and goes boom; still beats out infield single (VIDEO)
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You know variations of the line, “He could have fallen down, gotten back up and still beaten it out”? Well, Angels catcher Hank Conger did just that. On Sunday, the Orioles were defending the left-handed hitting Conger with a hefty infield shift swung around toward first base. Manny Machado, the O’s third baseman was playing where the shortstop is normally...
Angels Catcher Hank Conger Stumbles, Tumbles on Way to First Base (Animation)
Hank Conger is in his fourth MLB season, but has hardly made a name for himself. The Angels catcher has been with the team his entire big-league career, but Saturday’s game against the Orioles might stick out in his mind in the future.
Conger showed his graceful nature in the bottom of the eighth inning of Saturday’s game. The Orioles were playing a shift defensively, and Conger...
Angels’ Hank Conger had the most awkwardly hilarious bunt single ever
With his team down two late in their Saturday game against the Orioles, Angels DH/C Hank Conger knew he had to get on base any way possible in order to generate some a scoring chance. With Baltimore playing the shift against the lefty pull hitter, Conger did what most ballplayers should do against the shift but choose not to…he bunted. Beautifully I might add, a for sure single...
When Baserunnning Goes Wrong
Hank Conger somehow still made it safely to first on the below video, and we have no clue how. Conger put down a perfect surprise bunt down the third-base line, but as he took off to first he tripped and fell to the ground. In a very athletic move he did a double barrel roll and continued to first base. We are unsure what Orioles third baseman Manny Machado was doing to allow...
Hank Conger takes spill on bunt single (Video)
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Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hank Conger laid down the perfect bunt for a single in the eighth inning of Saturday's game against the Baltimore Orioles, but almost didn't make it to first base after he stumbled and fell halfway there.
The Orioles infield was playing Conger to pull the ball towards the right side of the infield...
Hank Conger is my new hero
The Angels lost another game yesterday. That was not surprising the way things have been going over there. But something did happen in the game that made me have a new hero. Hank Conger beat the shift. And he provided one of the sillier moments of the season while doing so.
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Video: Hank Conger stumbles and falls on way to first base after bunt; still makes it safely
Tweet Unless you’re a diehard Los Angeles Angels fan there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Hank Conger. The 25-year old catcher is in his fourth big league season, all with the Angels, and had 91 games under his belt heading into Saturday. His 92nd was one Conger will surely remember. In the [...]
JUST EAT IT
Angels catcher bunts, trips, still gets hit
Let Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hank Conger serve as an example as to why defensive shifts don't always work.Conger essentially legged out a bunt single in the eighth inning of Saturday's game against the Baltimore Orioles despite tripping while running to first base. No, I'm not kidding.Watch as Conger laid down a bunt toward the left side of the pitcher'...
HANK CONGER'S SPRING JOURNAL #5
WEEK FIVE --
March 22nd, 2010
My last journal entry of spring training and as it winds down, there is still lots of time to get at-bats and work in behind the plate. This week, several players got sent down to minor league camp, including myself, as we continue to get our work in. We also had the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes booster club come out and cook a fantastic barbecue for...
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