Posted by: THG () on Sun Nov 18 20:21:57 2007

> Tricky wording there Jimmy. lol
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> ""top hand is not on the bat at contact supplying some force.""
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> Is that necessary to get out of the trap?
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> An interesting change from "his top hand must be driving the bat-head at the point of contact."
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> From "driving the bathead" to "supply some force".
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> lol
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> I can supply without driving....as long as it's already been driven.
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> As in.....the driving has already happened....at "go"....now I'm supplying it....at contact.
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> Large difference.
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> It's the difference between a whip and brute force.
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> Brute force's energy is supplied to and through contact. Mlb hitters do not do that.
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> Whip is the force being created BEFORE contact and then "supplied" to the ball.
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> You must whip the bat to hit at a high level.
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> You must be able to "cusp".
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> A "cusp" has no application of force by the top hand at contact.



What should be considered is that Pujols is a strong 240 pounds (some very strong 15 years olds can hit a ball 400 ft with a wood bat.) He takes a level cut and finishes his swing as opposed to getting jammed. He takes a level cut much like some of the slow pitch softball players at the super level. He is hitting for the most part line drives for homeruns not unlike Dave Winfield, Mike Schmidt, and Cal Ripken. Thus when you consider the strength and consistency the argument is not that deep. We should be wondering how come he is not hitting the ball 450 to 500 ft. Kirk Gibson of lesser size and worse technique could hit the ball much further than Pujols (though less consistently).