Getting your player ready...
He once fixed a flaw in the swing of Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn. He attracts 50 hitters a week, from Little Leaguers to pros, to his home in Omaha for $90-an-hour instructions. And he’s been legally blind for 45 years. Macular degeneration destroyed Mark Wetzel’s center of vision, but what he sees out of the corners of his eyes is uncanny. “I can tell where the knob of the bat is, and I know exactly what your elbow is doing and where your head is going to go next,” Wetzel said. Still, why would a virtually blind man choose to teach hitting? “Well, do you think I should teach catching?” he said. The Seattle Times, AP photo
