Inked Mag Staff
July 23rd, 2015
Craziest At-Bat Warm-Up on the Planet
Forget the batting stances of Julio Franco, Manny Ramirez and Phil Plantier. Wait, you have no idea who Plantier is/was? Then you probably think baseball is too slow (you might…
Forget the batting stances of Julio Franco, Manny Ramirez and Phil Plantier. Wait, you have no idea who Plantier is/was? Then you probably think baseball is too slow (you might be right) and boring (dead wrong, and un-American!). Anyway this Japanese high school baseball player has the greatest batter’s box routine in all of hardball. Prepare to be transfixed for the next three minutes and 10 seconds.

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