Posted by: john (ajjdad@hotmail.com) on Tue May 13 06:25:30 2008

You got me there JLB, I mis-spoke. I'm aware that Bonds' top hand is going along for the ride, in Gwynnes explanation.
You know what we know JLB? That as great of hitters that we have heard, that try to explain what they themselves do re the swing or, what their perception is of what other hitters do, differs. It just does. I mean most of us in here know that Ted said;"conclusion, it's a push swing."
I once heard Jim Rice, a pretty dangerous hitter in his day, once say;"the easiest way to get a swing going is to drop the rear shoulder." Then there's those folks, such as Gwynne and, others, that profess the bottom hand pulling and, providing the pop.
Personally and, again, one mans layman opinion but, both arms obviously have to come into play. In my mind, a pull by the bottom and, a push from the top. I mean, why wouldn't it make sense for the top hand to push? Tell me if you think this is a crazy analogy, ok?
A right handed boxer delivers a body blow to the mid section, palm up at contact right? Now, for the sake of my point. What if, when loading up his punch, put his left hand, palm down, over the right wrist, palm up, and then delivered the blow? He is certainly going to naturally feel a pulling by the front arm, his left but, he'd be foolish not to drive the right arm through as well? Try it.
My point, is that it makes sense for both arms to work as athletically as possible. And, the theory of one arm;"just going along for the ride," I don't buy.

Again, one mans opinion.
Later.