Carlos Gomez credits help from El Duque towards what let him snap his streak of at bats without a hit.  The Post reports that Gomez has been taking pitches from El Duque to better learn how to judge timing of MLB level pitching, and strikes from balls.

“When the pitcher throws the ball, I didn’t . . . time the ball. I
didn’t know whether it was a strike or a ball. I came a couple days
early and tried to envision it, a strike or a ball,”

Hearing these stories of the vets teaching the rookies just makes you feel all warm inside. Now if El Duque can just do the same thing with Julio Franco, we'll be all good.

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