Posted by: Kevin Chase (acechaser@aol.com) on Sun May 22 18:26:53 2005

Recently, I've seen Kirk Gibson's famous World Series homerun vs. Eckersley (1988?) featured on Fox Sports. Although I am a believer in rotational mechanics, etc., it appears to me that Gibson used mostly his arms/wrists (not much hip rotation) to hit this HR. Did I miss something? Admittedly, I do not have a clip that I reviewed frame-by-frame. However, it seems to me that there must be a "scientific" explanation of the signigicant power generated by the Gibson swing (and the many others like it that take place in MLB). Your comments are welcome. Thanks.