Posted by: larry briody (LJBRIODY1@AOL.COM) on Sat Apr 24 03:50:08 2004

>>> After a poor first half of the year, including last year's All-Star game, A-Rod went on a tear and won the American League MVP award. Did you notice in your studies that in the succeeding months his swing improved? Is it a case of his swing being poor in early July, back to normal in Aug-Sept, and now back to his early July swing? <<<
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> Hi JJA
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> I did not analyze A-Rod’s swings during the times you mentioned. But, knowing at different times that he has shown the capacity for the swing flaw I described, I would not rule out the possibility it may be re-occurring problem for him. Studying why good hitters have batting slumps was a passion of mine for years. I found that almost invariably, when a good hitter went into a slump, there was a corresponding change in his mechanics from when he was hitting well. I put to gather a tape (frame-by-frame analysis) of many noted hitters before and during slumps.
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> Jack Mankin
> Mr.Mankin,
I recently (this past week)heard a sports talk show on the radio where Don Mattingly was speaking about A-Rod's swing and he said there is nothing wrong with his swing mechanically and that he would come around.I am very interested in seeing the swing and your analysis.Has someone posted it yet?