Scott Hatteberg, Pickin' Machine
This chapter discusses the unique qualities of Scott Hatteberg. After he has been drafted, Hatteberg goes to train with the A's fielding coach. The A's fielding coach will make the players want to play better without even saying it. He trains with him for a while and Hatteberg is absolutely terrible, but there is slight improvement every time he practices. Eventually, he becomes a started in the Oakland Athletic line-up. His unique quality is how he judges which balls to hit. Hatteberg never swings at the first pitch and analyzes the pitcher to determine how is he going to hit. The Boston Red Sox, the team that was drafted by, hated his approach and gave him to Athletics. The Athletics loved his approach and would always tell them "Way to approach the ball" and this was environment Hatteberg was not used to. He would expose the pitchers weaknesses which would help the other batters. After the pitcher was done pitching to Hatteberg, their weakness had been exposed. This chapter determines Scott Hatteberg as one of the hitters with the best analysis of the game.
My perspective on this chapter was that it was quite interesting. This player is extremely patient and chill when he is in the batter's box, when most hitters want to smash the ball to hit a home run. Hatteberg is one of those players that the author is trying to emphasize. The author may want to show that patience is key to success and I would totally agree with that perspective.
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