The Most Humiliating ‘Stinky Situations’ In Professional Sports

The Key To .300

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When you’re a hitting savant, everyone comes to you looking for pointers. Hitting a 100 MPH fastball is pretty much impossible for the average person, but ballplayers routinely drop them in the outfield. What’s their secret? Well, for Moises Alou, a little pee can go a long way.

Alou would routinely pee on his hands, which he believed would help toughen his hands so he could have more control when wielding a bat. This is the same reason batters wear batting gloves, but taking a more old-school approach. Considering he hit .303 for his career, it can’t be a totally ridiculous idea, right?