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This college baseball player has one of the weirdest batting stances you’ll ever see (Video)

You are looking at a video of the unorthodox batting stance for Alex Buccilli, a DH and outfielder at Coastal Carolina. We’ve seen plenty of players with extreme open stances (think Andres Galarraga or Tony Batista), and we’ve seen guys in a ridiculously low crouch (think Jeff Bagwell or Kevin Maas), but this dude incredibly combines both aspects to form one of the weirdest...
Via Larry Brown Sports  |  April 25, 2012
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The Lineup Card: 11 Favourite Batting Stances by Baseball Prospectus

1. Willie Aikens For one highly forgettable Little League season, I used a righty-version of the corkscrew batting stance used by the Royals' Willie Mays Aikens. The only pictures I could find online don't do it justice. He held his hands high and his elbow even higher, sort of like Joe Morgan in that regard. However, his lower body was all coiled up, with his right knee...
Via Baseball Prospectus  |  April 25, 2012
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