By Jeff Bradley

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

But when he stands in the batter's box, all 260-plus pounds of him, waving his 35-inch, 32-ounce bat as if it were a fly rod, the muscles and tendons in his tattooed forearms twisting like steel cables, Fielder knows he's going to have to be patient. First, he settles into his lefthanded stance, weight slightly on his back foot. Then, as the pitcher begins to move forward in his motion, Fielder rocks back a little bit and taps his right foot lightly down in the dirt. Now he's locked in. Still, ...

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