Posted by: Andy N (anaughton@burlingtonelectric.com) on Mon Mar 8 06:44:56 2004

> Good mlb hitters who obviously have good/great swings and who cock their bat don't suffer from the hands going forward and getting out of position. However, the cocking of the bat is not what is keeping this from happening. There is not a cause and effect relationship. There is another element present. It's called connection. Very difficult to explain and understand. Our language doesn't seem to have the words for it. But, I've seen many a bat cocked properly yet not delivered to the hit zone properly.
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> It's not that simple.


Teacherman:

Our language does have one word that describes the "connection" you are talking about:

Hitch: verb - to connect an implement to a source of motive power.
i.e. hitch the horses to the wagon

Source - Websters New Collegiate Dictionary 1981

I agree that - "It's not that simple."