Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Wed Nov 17 15:26:42 2004

>>> From what I've seen, the bathead IS in line with the hands, it is just that the hands have "turned the corner" with the shoulders as they rotate 'around' the spine. <<<

Hi Jim

That is an excellent observation. For pitches from the middle-in, the hand-path is arcing toward the shortstop at contact. On pulled balls, the top-hand (and bat-head) may have passed the bottom-hand in relationship to the path of the incoming ball. However, in relationship to the direction the hands are arcing, they are comparatively (give or take a couple degrees) in-line. On an outside pitch, pulling the ball may require the top-hand to be extended ahead of the bottom hand in relationship to the direction of the hand-path.

Jack Mankin