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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1770734" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-do-damage-inside-the-mindset-and-mantra-of-cardinals-rookie-nolan-gorman/article_8ad6311d-2604-512a-b209-fa1c139615a4.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Benjamin%20Hochman" target="_blank">Benjamin Hochman</a></p><p>As Nolan Gorman described pitch-by-pitch an at-bat from Monday, a phrase kept popping up.</p><p>“First pitch …. not a pitch I’m going to do damage with.”</p><p>“Second pitch … not going to do damage with that pitch.”</p><p>It was an interesting glimpse into his mindset. As the Cardinals second baseman watches a pitch, it’s as if his decision-making process is binary: Can I do damage or not?</p><p>“Yeah, exactly,” Gorman confirmed.</p><p><em>Do damage.</em></p><p>That’s the ambition and the mission. The objective is to obliterate. And on Monday, in his 10th big-league game, the kid hit the two-hardest balls by a Cardinal — his 105.7 mph home run and his 105.4 mph single.</p><p></p><p></p><p>In the 6-3 win against the Padres at Busch Stadium, Gorman reached base in all four plate appearances (he tallied another single and walked). He’s hitting .387 with a 1.149 OPS, and according to the ballplayer who knows him best: “I don't think he's even reached his full potential as far as his ability to hit the ball a long ways yet,” said boyhood buddy and lanky lefty hurler Matthew Liberatore, a fellow Cards rookie. “Not to say that he doesn't do a good job of that already. But I think he's got more in the tank than he has shown already. And I think that's kind of scary to think about, in a good way.</p><p>“I mean, every ball that he hit today was absolutely torched. Even his foul balls were like 105 (mph) and straight at me in the dugout — both of the balls came straight at me, but luckily the barrier was in front of me. He just makes loud outs, he makes a lot of loud contact and it's fun to watch.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1770734, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-do-damage-inside-the-mindset-and-mantra-of-cardinals-rookie-nolan-gorman/article_8ad6311d-2604-512a-b209-fa1c139615a4.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/Benjamin%20Hochman']Benjamin Hochman[/URL] As Nolan Gorman described pitch-by-pitch an at-bat from Monday, a phrase kept popping up. “First pitch …. not a pitch I’m going to do damage with.” “Second pitch … not going to do damage with that pitch.” It was an interesting glimpse into his mindset. As the Cardinals second baseman watches a pitch, it’s as if his decision-making process is binary: Can I do damage or not? “Yeah, exactly,” Gorman confirmed. [I]Do damage.[/I] That’s the ambition and the mission. The objective is to obliterate. And on Monday, in his 10th big-league game, the kid hit the two-hardest balls by a Cardinal — his 105.7 mph home run and his 105.4 mph single. In the 6-3 win against the Padres at Busch Stadium, Gorman reached base in all four plate appearances (he tallied another single and walked). He’s hitting .387 with a 1.149 OPS, and according to the ballplayer who knows him best: “I don't think he's even reached his full potential as far as his ability to hit the ball a long ways yet,” said boyhood buddy and lanky lefty hurler Matthew Liberatore, a fellow Cards rookie. “Not to say that he doesn't do a good job of that already. But I think he's got more in the tank than he has shown already. And I think that's kind of scary to think about, in a good way. “I mean, every ball that he hit today was absolutely torched. Even his foul balls were like 105 (mph) and straight at me in the dugout — both of the balls came straight at me, but luckily the barrier was in front of me. He just makes loud outs, he makes a lot of loud contact and it's fun to watch.” [/QUOTE]
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