Posted by: Rocky (rmussadi@gmail.com) on Tue Jun 17 15:16:41 2008

I read this sight constantly and truly believe in the concepts espoused. However, just about every night on the baseball highlights shows and team websites I see homerun blasts with mechanics which seem to go against everything taught here. One example, is the 3-run homer by John Bowker of the SF Giants (vs Tigers):
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080616&content_id=2942750&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf
His bat speed seems very low, his arms are extended at contact, the swing plane is warped, and I don't see any bht since both arms are extended. How can such a seemingly effortless swing generate so much power?