WHEN Clint Myers replaced Mike Candrea as head coach of the softball team at Central Arizona College, he was baffled by what he saw some of his new players doing — left-handed hitters running at the pitch before they swung the bat.

That was 1986, not long after the slap hitter had emerged as a weapon in college softball.

Twenty-two years later, Myers — now Arizona State's head coach — is still baffled by the slapper, though now it is because of the talent, athletic ability and coordination they show rather than the oddity of the act.

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By Scott Wright
Staff Write
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