Posted by: BHL (Knight1285@aol.com) on Wed May 5 22:43:32 2004

i think you may have misunderstood a recent post of mine...i'm posting a clarification here rather than in the same thread, because that thread was once again starting to degenerate into the same old silliness that seems to happen so often....
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> when i was referring to the linear hitter having about .0167 more time to react than a rotational hitter, i was referring to the hitter having .0167 seconds more of reaction time than the rotational hitter...of course this fact is well documented so i won't rehash the basis for this fact...

Sorry grc,

You are right. I misread your post.

However, even if linear propulsions offers me more time, I would not exchange it for less power, even it means striking out more often.

But, on astroturf, contact can be beneficial.

So I guess it goes to whether you believe that batting average is better than power, or vice-versa.

Best wishes,
BHL

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