Posted by: Alan () on Wed Oct 1 10:05:19 2003

>hitter for cubs tonight[Simon] looks alinear from what I could see at full speed.His hands seem to start the swing they seem to extend out,he is one of the few I see swing over the high pitch with a down angle,he had a low finish in follow thru.Looked like he trained on that gizmo griffey indorses.He struck out then they said he struck out 123 times this year.Then Kerry woods[pitcher] came up and hit a double with a hip leading rotational swing.Did anyone notice this.

I wasn't paying attention while watching the game, but the front page of our local paper's sports section had an excellent picture of Woods immediately after contact on his double (you can see the ball about a foot away from his bat). Back elbow still bent and just forward of the slot, front elbow up, top hand under and bottom hand over, open hips/shoulders with front hip obviously pushed back, head/torso balanced over rear thigh, etc. Pretty decent technique for a pitcher. I plan to cut this out and add it to my kids' baseball scrapbook as another example of good hitting form.

Alan