Justin Turner @redturn2

@court_with_a_k 👰 linktr.ee/redturn2 Los Angeles, CA Joined January 2009

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Justin Turner @redturn2

5 days ago

I think the offensive debate, old school mind set, is to take your “A swing” and do damage before you get to 2 strikes and then with 2 make some kind of adjustment, to fight and foul off tough pitches and shorten up to put something in play. I think the best hitters do that with 2 strikes and still capable of slugging when with the get a 2 strike mistake. I don’t think anyone in on the old school side of the coin is fighting for weak contact 0-0 just to say you didn’t strike out. The Brewers Rays and Guardians are where they are because of this approach. The Dodgers traditionally are successful because they dominate the strike zone, take their walks and do damage when you have to come back in the zone.

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Justin Turner @redturn2

a week ago

I don’t have all the answers but I love baseball because of the ups and downs and constant grind. So here’s some thoughts for the “X hitting” war that is going on right now.

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Justin Turner @redturn2

7 days ago

@kwhitmore @RAJr_20 @GoslinTodd So the ALDS is a good conversation piece. I’m strictly posing a question here, not taking a side. Are we good with a combined 40 k’s in game 4 and 5 for the sox?

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Justin Turner @redturn2

a week ago

Maybe? Would love to see the breakdown. If we are talking goals then we have to only talk home runs right? Do you look at goals per shots? Then you have to look at home runs per swings, not at bats. Maybe someone smarter than me can do the breakdown to see where it averages out haha

everyone on here is a tough guy @schmidthawk

a week ago

@SouthJerzGiants @Lclimateguy @Mike_P_Zimmer @redturn2 One could argue it’s harder to score goals in soccer. In hockey. That does not automatically make them the hardest thing to do in sports. I do think hitting is a crazy skill set that’s very different than many other ‘elite athlete’ skills.

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Justin Turner @redturn2

a week ago

Any professional going up against another professional in their sport (for example: Mike Tyson vs Jacob DeGrom) will never give you info as what is more difficult. So in baseball Mike has no chance against DeGrom, but in boxing Mike would kill ja..well everyone. So sport to sport professionals is almost impossible to compare in real competition. Off sport will always get dominated. But, Jacob DeGrom can train in boxing every day and get better. I don’t know if Mike Tyson would ever touch a 100 MPH fastball (our training) off a pitching machine. A baseball player can shoot uncontested 3’s all day. But in an NBA game, against an NBA defender, we aren’t scoring a single point. But I’m not sure NBA guys are hitting anything even in BP. Does that make sense?

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Justin Turner @redturn2

a week ago

Pitchers are in control of everything, the data, analytics, slow mo cams, technology is exponentially more resourceful for them because the ball is in their hand. The only variable they have is whether the mound is good or not. They don’t have to adjust to timing issues, they get to create them. And it does seem they are all throwing harder than ever. Argue about the radar guns all you want. Collectively, they all feel like Nolan Ryan or Troy Percival in the box these days. Also, there so many pitchers now, guys are facing like 200 plus (this is a guess) different pitchers a year. That’s crazy hahah

approachwithcaution#FAFO ❤️ @ncknln

a week ago

@redturn2 Justin. Thanks for your thoughts and insight, this is a great read 🙏🏽 Curiosity, what "X hitting war" are you referring to? Beyond this, from the 30,000' view, how would you explain this? Can it be "as simple as" compete/compete/compete in a game of failure? Thanks! 🙏🏽

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Justin Turner @redturn2

a week ago

Unless you say skating backwards on ice and timing up a one-timer slap shot, I’m not sure what is even close. And even in that skill if you miss you don’t walk back to the bench and wait an hour til your next chance.

South Jersey Giants @SouthJerzGiants

a week ago

@redturn2 “Hitting is the hardest skill in all of sports” Of course hitting is difficult, especially at the MLB level. Calling hitting the hardest skill in all of sports, however, requires a definition of difficulty, a way to measure it, and a meaningful comparison across sports. Without

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Justin Turner @redturn2

a week ago

If a hitter has a steep path, he might need to feel like he is swinging up to match pitch plane. If a hitter is “collapsing the back side” (old school terminology) he might need to think and feel like he is swinging down to get on plane! There isn’t one path, name of the game is to match plane and create room for error.

Certified Turtle @datb0ijb

a week ago

But some dude who didn’t play varsity baseball is “certified” and telling me to swing up and look at my exit velo??? I wonder who yall gonna listen to

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Justin Turner @redturn2

a week ago

@GoslinTodd 1st page, 2nd paragraph! I was trying to say it doesn’t matter if it’s old or new. If it’s right for that hitter great. Doesn’t mean it because the model for every hitter.

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Justin Turner @redturn2

a week ago

Finding the problems traditionally isn’t the issue. Solutions are. Data tells what’s already happened. And usually, in my experience, singling out one fix leads to another problem. Example: front arm bar in “the load” easy fix right? Just train front arm with a small bat. But then what happens when the top hand gets added? Now we have to address that. See what i mean?

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Justin Turner @redturn2

2 weeks ago

@Tom_Koehler34 @abarkett17 Well, i remember watching every game in BWW’s in the beginning of 2018 hahah “George”

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Jacob Turner @TheJacobTurner

2 weeks ago

Alexander Ovechkin made $175,000,000+ in a 21-year NHL career. Justin Verlander made $200,000,000 more Here is why...

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Justin Turner @redturn2

2 weeks ago

@Tom_Koehler34 @abarkett17 You watched the game???

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Justin Turner @redturn2

2 weeks ago

2 quick opinions, 1 that’s a very subtle difference that unless you can see his letters on his jersey, you probably can’t see the difference in glove height. 2 which kinda goes with 1, the way he’s turned, you prob can’t see his glove from the plate. I always thought if you have to slow it down and zoom in to see it, prob gonna be tough to see in real time.

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Justin Turner @redturn2

3 weeks ago

@tylermilliken_ Tolle has to be a clubhouse favorite!!! 😂😂

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Mike Corrigan @perumike

3 weeks ago

@court_with_a_K @redturn2 it’s nice hanging out with you guys twice a month @ChildrensLA to donate platelets!

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Seattle Sports @SeattleSports

4 weeks ago

A retirement gift only Cal Raleigh could give 🎁... Catch the full Cal Raleigh Show featuring Rick Rizzs tomorrow at 4pm on youtube.com/seattlesports7… [Presented by @Puyallup_Tribe]

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Imagen Radio @Imagen_Mx

4 weeks ago

⚾🏆 Los Toros de Tijuana son campeones En #PalabraDelDeporte, @PCarrilloLavat, @CRiveraDeportes y @elcampa21, platicaron con @OmarCanizales, presidente ejecutivo de los @TorosDeTijuana, Roberto Kelly, manager y la estrella @redturn2 sobre las claves de su éxito.

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Omar Canizales @OmarCanizales

4 weeks ago

Gracias @ImagenTVMex por las atenciones y por el espacio para compartir la alegría de este campeonato de los @TorosDeTijuana

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Omar Canizales @OmarCanizales

4 weeks ago

Como siempre, agradecido con los medios de comunicación por su tiempo y espacio Me encuentro en la Ciudad de México junto a Justin Turner/@redturn2 , después del título obtenido por los @TorosDeTijuana en la temporada 2026 de la @LMBBanorte Seguimos compartiendo este gran momento y hablando de lo logrado en esta gran temporada para Tijuana