Posted by: Brian - BatSpeed.com (support@batspeed.com) on Fri May 7 18:23:33 2004

> Brian, George Brett Talked about Lau and the help he recieved all the time. Maybe, you should ask George what he was taught by Mr. Lau. Brett Boone has not weighed 190 Lbs. for about 5 years.....he came into camp 3 years ago at 218 lbs on his 5'10" frame. Your approach is to put words in peoples mouths. I never said anything about steroids.....I brough up weight work and creatine, which most of the hitters today use. You say that there has been a major change in swing mechanics over the years......I agree. Since you say that the pros, college coaches and high school coaches all teach the wrong way, how is it that the major leaguers of today are now using rotational mechanics? I would bet a steak dinner that there are hardly any of them that even know of this site, Epstein's site or Nyman's site. Someone must be teaching them an improved way of hitting. As far as pro ball goes, you and your followers don't see any value in it, because you never played pro ball. As far as understanding hitting, you have no idea what I know or don't know. I get the feeling that you have been spoon fed by your dad on hitting and have just played follow the leader without thinking for yourself.......much like Lau Jr. When you use Gant, McGwire and Canseco as having bad swing mechanics, you are pounding on guys who had great careers. I am sure that you would love to have had the careers that they had. Mantle hit .237 in his last year and Mays hit .211 in his last year. Are you going to say it was due to bad mechanics? Ruth hit .181 his last year. On this site I see a constant picjing on pro ball and pro coaches. The only people that I hear say such things are people that never played. I think it is a jealousy thing that you have, because you did not swing the bat well enough or throw the ball well enough to play the game at an advanced level. I guess that to qualify as a hitting coach, you have to have been a crappy player!!!
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Doug, I’m not surprised. Your post is simply more of the same. You allegedly played at a high level, but cannot engage in an intelligent discussion about swing mechanics. Regardless of the merits of your story, this is exactly what we observed when we met with two professional batting coaches: Merv Retman and Reggie Smith, who had never analyzed a swing in slow motion or frame-by-frame prior to meeting with Jack.

Since you discount everything taught by BatSpeed.com since Jack did not play pro ball, then describe exactly where the batting mechanics taught on this site differ from the batting mechanics used by Barry Bonds or Sammy Sosa.

You have 50 pages of writings on this site to demonstrate where BatSpeed.com is wrong. You should be forewarned that Jack Mankin repeatedly states that he has not discovered something new in the swing, but is only defining the mechanics used by the great hitters. For once, you'll have to focus on analysis of mechanics instead of regurgitating your weak spiel. Until you can identify specific areas where BatSpeed.com is wrong, there is no point in continuing a discussion with you, as it will be evident that you are merely espousing contrived beliefs.

Notably, I could identify exactly where Brett does not follow Lau's teaching in about two seconds. And who cares what Brett says, look at his videos and analyze his swing. His words are gray, but his frame-by-frame movements are black and white.

Again, describe exactly where the batting mechanics taught on this site differ from the batting mechanics used by Barry Bonds or Sammy Sosa.

Brian
BatSpeed.com