After an inspirational postseason, Hunter Pence adopted a pretty unique training regimen to prepare himself for the upcoming baseball season.
More ping pong.
“Sounds crazy, right?” Pence told reporters. “It works your fast-twitch muscles. You react. I just got a bunch of different friends and we didn’t play games. It was just rallies, as hard and as long as we could.”
Apparently the San Francisco Giants outfielder has been a table tennis enthusiast for a while, but it wasn't until his brother Howie pointed out that the more Pence played in the off season…the better he did during the regular season.
And after batting a career low .253 while splitting time between San Francisco and the Philadelphia Phillies…Pence was down to try anything.
“It might be a coincidence,” he added, “but it was worth a try.”
Absolutely.
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