Posted by: Jack Mankin (mrbatspeed@aol.com) on Sun Apr 25 02:43:54 2004

>>> 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? <<<

Hi Larry

It would be very hard to spot the problem with A-Rod’s mechanics unless you have seen the flaw before in other hitters and known just what you are looking for. I had been charting and analogizing swings in frame-by frame action for 2 or 3 years (thousands of them) before I understood and could identify this mechanical flaw. – It took even longer for the “lead-wrist droop.”

Nick said in his post that he would show the clip (or clips) if I e-mailed it to him. However, I taped the game on VHS video and have no equipment to make it ready for e-mailing. I will ask him if I mailed him the tape, does he have the equipment to put in on his site?

Jack Mankin