Yankees’ J.C. Escarra
Defends Torpedo Bats …
You Still Have To Swing It!!!
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TMZSports.com
Yankees catcher J.C. Escarra clearly thinks these barking about New York’s new torpedo bats ought to pipe down … telling TMZ Sports, “on the finish of the day, you continue to need to swing the bat and hit the ball within the barrel.”
The Bronx Bombers, in fact, set the baseball world on fireplace this weekend after they debuted some wonky-looking bats of their collection with the Milwaukee Brewers … after which proceeded to hit a bunch of dwelling runs with them in a three-game sweep.
Critics of the Pinstripes took to their social media pages to blast the MLB for permitting the Yankees to change their lumber — with many claiming Rob Manfred and co. let all of it slide ‘trigger NY is the league’s hottest group.
But after we sat down on Monday with Escarra — who was out at a Raising Cane’s in Times Square along with his mother — he downplayed the matter, noting it is all inside league guidelines … whereas mentioning others throughout MLB additionally swung them all through opening weekend.
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“People are making it an enormous deal proper now,” he stated. “But, they have been round for some time. It’s not simply us which might be utilizing them.”
Nonetheless, it certain looks as if Escarra thinks they’re at the very least considerably efficient … as he tells us he will be utilizing one in an upcoming recreation after seeing all of the success his teammates had over the weekend.
By the way in which, for those who’re unfamiliar with how Escarra made it to the Yankees this 12 months — it is a fairly unbelievable story. The rookie was a longtime minor leaguer who truly needed to work as an Uber driver earlier than Aaron Boone formally put him on the roster.
It’s such a novel journey, it could possibly be made right into a film — and take a look at our interview with the 29-year-old, he is bought two A-listers he would like to see play him if it does get a Hollywood script.