Julio Franco helped Carlos Beltran turn the corner with fans, coaxing him to receive their adulation at a time when he did not yet fell comfortable in his new environment. Well it seems like thats not the only thing Julio has helped Carlos with. Beltran tells Kevin Kernan in The New York Post that Franco found a way to get Carlos more comfortable with his swing as well.

“Julio said to me, 'Sometimes when you struggle at the plate, you worry
about your hands, you worry about your legs, you worry about your
timing,'” Beltran explains. “When you are thinking about all those
things, you can't react to the ball. You are thinking and that is why
you swing at bad pitches. You don't even see the ball.'”

Head on over to read Kernan's article to find out exactly what Julio taught Beltran to do to help his concentration at the plate.

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