Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. has The Seventy Percent Solution
NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm Jr. has The Seventy Percent Solution.
While most athletes talk about the urge to give 100% or even 110%, the New York Yankees infielder thinks his success since returning from the injured list has been caused by limiting intensity.
'Just go at 70%. That's what's been working for me,' he said Friday night after his three-run, go-ahead homer in the first inning and four RBIs sparked the Yankees over the Boston Red Sox 9-6 in the opening meeting this year of the AL East rivals. 'Play at 70%: defense, offense, running, everything. Stay healthy. You don't overswing. You don't swing and miss as much, and you're a great player at 70%.'
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