Tomoya Mori swings hard. Really, really hard. Sometimes, so hard he loses his balance for a moment.
Mori twists his stocky 170-cm, 80-kg frame, which looks even more compact when he's squatted down in his batting stance, with great force to create that big swing. Japanese often refer to it as a "full-swing," and Mori's numbers show it packs a punch.
"I've always tried to do that since junior high and high school," the second-year Seibu Lions star told The Japan Times at Seibu Prince Dome last week. "While I swing hard, I've also tried to make better contact. That's something I want to keep doing."