Posted by: Jimmy () on Mon Nov 19 22:14:02 2007

""The swing starts very similar...instantaneously and then it's on autopilot to and through contact as the hands move the arc to the ball.""

Are you serious? Autopilot to and through contact??? Ever tried to hit a 92 mph cutter barring in toward your hands, or a 94 mph nasty sinker? The swing as you explain it is not in any of the 20 swing clips that you've shown.

You state ""They do that by torquing the handle at "go"...instantaneously...the barrel goes rearward....into an arc and this arc is then moved toward the ball.""

Your Posada side by side clips show his barrel moving rearward at "go" in both clips, right?

Well...if the launch is instant putting the swing into autopilot, than how did he stop this explosive instantaneous force that you speak of?

He took that pitch for a ball pretty easily.

The reason is because "go" does not happen in a flash. The decision to go happens in a flash, but the launch of the barrel involves a constant application of force once the decision is made.

If you want to compare the swing to a thrown ball than lets do that.

The pressure of the fingers on the ball just before the ball is released is exactly like the force of the top hand that is applied to the bat through contact.

Is a pitchers "go" instantaneous?

Again...You are close so keep working on it.