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It's always nice when things finally pay off. You put in work, you put in more work and when it works out well, it's a great feeling.

I was saying in previous posts how I've been working on things in my swing to maximize power, mainly my load. Well, this Sunday, I had myself a day at the ballpark. I don't want to go into too much detail, but I hit a HR, double, and triple over the course of a doubleheader. Videos can be seen here.

Obviously, right now, I'm feeling great, but you can only ride the good streak for so long. It's only a matter of time before a dry spell comes along. It's how baseball works. You'll have times where any pitch that is thrown somehow ends up in your wheelhouse but other times where you put good swings on the ball, you're just missing or popping it up.

How do you stay on the good streak? Ryan Zimmerman's hit streak earlier this year prompted him to keep the same batting gloves (usually changed every 2-3 games) and cleats (usually changes "every other week or two"). You could tell (link to video) he was mostly doing that for shtick, but mainly he just keeps his same BP routine, same hitting drills and takes each at bat at a time.

How do you get out of a bad streak? Jason Giambi had two solutions: this one and this one. Bad streaks could start from many places, and I will post one just on that, so stay tuned.

Anyway, I don't get superstitious at all, but I would love to stay hot, so maybe, maybe, I'll always eat egg and cheese on a bagel before I leave to the ballpark. Oh, so that's how it begins.