Posted by: BHL (Knight1285@aol.com) on Tue Apr 20 23:53:50 2004

>>> Finally, tack on additional 8.5 inches, and really cast, and the lever increases to 51 inches. Likewise, this means that the lever will also offset the distance away from the plate, and allow contact to be made 45 degrees from the third base line.
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> >>45 degrees is far from perpendicular. <<<
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> >Hi BHL
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> >When you state, “and allow contact to be made 45 degrees from the third base line -- 45 degrees is far from perpendicular,” are you not saying that when you pull a ball, the bat has rotated 45 degree past perpendicular, or 45 degrees from the third base line.
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> >Jack Mankin
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> >>Now, when the comment was made about the bat making contact with the bathead perpendicular to the third base line, I assumed the following: the bat is facing the left field fence at contact, or in the following position: __!. What I meant is that the bat is the 225 degree--or 135 degree position: __/.
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> >I hope this clears any geometric confusion up.
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> >>BHL
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> Hi BHL
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> No, it does not clear up your geometric confusion. In fact, the more you write, the more confused you sound. Your first statement did not say anything “about the bat making contact with the bathead perpendicular to the third base line.” You stated, “contact to be made 45 degrees from the third base line.”
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> What you meant by, “the 225 degree--or 135 degree position: __/.” – only heaven knows. You gave no point of reference. BHL, math is an exact science, you can’t throw numbers around as loosely as you can words.
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> Regardless of what degree you finally settle on, how does any of this justify pulling all pitches?
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> Jack Mankin
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> Hi Jack,

In one of your posts you recommending that a bat-head rotate 180 degrees--heading in an arc towards the catcher prior to sweeping towards the pitcher. According to you, this will make the bat perpendicular to the incoming pitch, or produce solid centerfield contact. Should the batter pull the trigger early, the ball will be hit to the natural field; inversely, should the batter ne late on the pitch, the ball will be hit to the opposite field.

However, you should note that dead pull hitting requires the bat-head to rotate 45 degrees past a normal centerfield position. This is how I came up with the 225 degree arc.

Besides, on "The Final Arc II," John Elliot recommends that one hit inde and ouside pitches at the same 180 degrees, and allow THT to cause some casting to reach the outside pitches. In one of your posts, you argued that the wider the circle, the more distance the bat has to travel to the ball before contact; as a result, it affords the batter to accumulate bat-speed over a longer period of time. Likewise, balls on the inside, middle, and outer thirds of the plate can be handled by the hitter using a longer bat, and accumulating 225 degrees before contact, regardless of pitch location.

Understanding angles can allow the batter to practice rotating the bathead 225 degrees to pull all pitches for potential home runs, since balls hit to the pull side of the field will carry farther than balls hit to any other field. In essence, the batter is angling his bat to power the ball over the shortest fence which he or she can clear with the most authority. Due to bat-speed created, even mis-hits can result in home runs.

As for the rest of my calculations, I will adjust them once I receive feedback for Jeff M.

Yet, in the end, I think Power Field Orientation will emerge victorious--others are free to disagree.

Respectfully,
BHL
Knight1285@aol.com

P.S. My new calculations will deal with geometric defencies in my former models.