Posted by: Brian - BatSpeed.com (support@batspeed.com) on Wed May 5 22:41:37 2004

> Hi Dave,
>
> First of all, it will be difficult for me to say this, but after looking at various information, including re-reading Adair yet again, I came to the conclusion that BHT and THT are both fallacies.
>
> They are reactory forces, like centripetal force.
>
> As far as your question is concerned, casting provides a greater load, and, hence, more bat-speed. Mankin explained this to me a while ago.
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> Thus, we can acknowledge CHP as a major factor in developing bat-speed, but, as for torue, we must discount it, because it does not exist.
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> When I get back, I will defend my argument.
>
> Sincerely,
> BHL

Hi BHL:

Your post was too funny. Let me get this straight, you looked at some "various information," re-read Adair, and came to the conclusion that THT and BHT are fallacies, and CHP exists. Now that was enlightening. Needless to say, your post was totally devoid of any analysis whatsoever, but I'm all ears when you return.

In the event that you want to understand something like why a baseball spins backwards, why a curve ball sinks, etc., check out Adair. Otherwise, I would leave his book to the kids who are working on science projects.

Notably, Adair wrote to us once in response to an article that we sent to him and quite bluntly said that any batter who had a stationary axis (did not shift weight forward during the swing) could not hit a ball past second base. His analysis was about as hollow as yours, and yes, both of you were contradicted by every player who participated in the homerun derby last year.

I hope that this was just an off night which players sometimes have because you've been reading and writing on the boards for far too long to be starting at square one...

Brian
BatSpeed.com