How has Cubs' Tommy La Stella become one of baseball's best pinch-hitters?
Tommy La Stella's approach to pinch-hitting is similar to his approach to life.
He's his own man.
"I think everyone is always their best hitting coach," La Stella said. "Nobody knows your swing the way you know your swing, and nobody knows pitching mechanics the way you know your mechanics. It's a process to know what makes you tick as a player. And the best way is to go about reproducing that."
La Stella wasn't disrespecting any of his previous or current hitting coaches dating back to his
