Posted by: Major Dan (markj89@charter.net) on Thu Feb 27 08:32:06 2003

Seems like O'Reilly took on Zig and now Zig is gone. Hank King too. Both appeared out of nowhere. Now they both disappear. And JoeA makes a cameo. Somehow this should be made into a movie...
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> Ever get the feeling there's more going on here than meets the eye?
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> Anybody able to confirm that 'Zig' actually represents the Skill Technology Co?
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> Here's a quote from Zig in response to my critique of his Mark McGuire swing analysis:
> "So don't take my comments to Dan and Teacher?, as being impolite. They were the only way you can get to some people. They were the bad kids (class clowns) in school always looking for attention."
> [Zig's first post in the 'Nice Try... Now learn something' thread]
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> Class clown, bad kids, always looking for attention. Any of this sound familiar to you old-timers here? Seems like I remember being accused of such things a while back.
> It's like Deja Vu all over again !!!
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> Glad I was away for most of this. Otherwise I suspect 'Zig' would have blamed me for driving him away...
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> By the way, anybody get the 'Zig Ziegler' (sp)reference?
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> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/002-4726551-4348066

Well, my apologies to Zig. Zig really does exist and that is his name and he works for Skill Technology Inc. I talked to the VP there who confirmed this.
I guess my 60's conspiracy theories don't always hold up...

The big issue that emerged from Zig's posts is that while his product looks like a very good tool for analysis, it is the assumptions of what a good swing is, that govern how to interpret the data.
Zig did not respond with what I thought would be the obvious:
a sample from a professional hitter. Arguing over a clip of big Mac didn't prove much - your word against mine. Real data from his product might have taught us all something and been a very good advertisement for Zig's product.
From what I understand, Skill Technology hasn't finished its professional hitting analysis though they have dealt with some pro players already.
This hitting crowd here is a tough bunch and the facts hold up much better than any bs. Maybe we'll learn something from this yet...