Posted by: Nick () on Wed Jan 14 08:50:09 2004

Jack,

What do you think is the reason many of the best hitters can be found (occasionally and in some cases routinely) with their back foot off the ground at contact?

As an aside, many great hitters had very long strides, including the Babe, Mantle and Mays. Tendency in recent years is for shorter stride length, but it worked for many Hall of Famers.

Nick