Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Mon Oct 23 19:59:02 2000

>>>Jack, you've done all of this research saying that torgue, rotation etc. lead to home run power.

Recently McGwire and Canseco say they were/are on Andro. Sosa's on creatine. Is it the muscle building drug that produces home run power, or mechanics. I'm still wondering if McGwire's power comes from the muscle building drug. Maris was 6-0 195 ibs, hit 61 homers. McGwire is 6-5 250 ibs, broke Maris's record by 9 homers when he was 55 pounds more and 5 inches more. Your thoughts? <<<

Hi Ruben

I think it obvious that a bigger and stronger player applying the same timing and mechanics as a smaller hitter would produce greater results. But on the other hand, all of the hitters you mentioned, including Maris, use rotational mechanics with top-hand-torque. I seriously doubt if any of them would have hit 30 HR using linear mechanics. --- During my study I could not find "one" player that extended the top hand toward the pitcher as he initiated the swing who hit 30 HR.

A few hitters that hit 30 to 40 HR, like Matt Williams and Ron Gant, did not use top-hand torque. They held the top hand back and applied bottom-hand torque. But they could only hit pitches from the middle-in with any authority. They just offered at outside pitches. Hitters that apply top-hand-torque can hit pitches on the outside part of the plate almost as far as inside pitches.

Jack Mankin