Posted by: mb () on Thu Nov 18 10:28:06 2004

Consider balls hit on the inside part of the plate.
> > The batter must keep his hands and arms in closer to the body. Just as the skater spins faster with the arms in the batter also creates higher rotational speed.
> > Thus "history is made"
>
> I dont think that is correct. I could be wrong but if the ball is on the inside part of the plate your swing stays the same you just hit the ball in the front of the plate instead of on the plate for down the middle.
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> mike
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There is a great side by side clip of Hank Aaron htting an inside pitch and a pitch over the middle. The arms are tight to the body
on the inside pitch. Consider the geometrical alignments necessary to hit an inside pitch on the sweet spot and keep it in fair ground.