Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Sun May 1 23:48:02 2005

>>> Put succinctly, here is my question: do you not feel that Bonds could perform the fence drill correctly (i.e., as described above), and still maintain a powerful circular hand path <<<

Hi BHL

Heavens no. Stop and think for a minute. Epstein’s wants the batter’s bellybutton about 18 inches from the fence for his drill. This means when a 34-inch bat becomes perpendicular with the fence, the knob is 16 inches inward past the bellybutton when the tip grazes the fence. Barry Bonds or not, with that handicap, he could not look much better than those poor kids doing the drill.

Jack Mankin