Posted by: The Hitting Guru (hitman3527@aol.com) on Sat Feb 11 17:08:29 2006

> > Jack. I had a chance to observe a side view of Sammy Sosa using the top hand torque. It was not visible to me from the front view I was watching prior. Because he is considered a cheater who performed poorly after being caught probably contributed to my lack of respect for his technique.
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> what about lack of respect for bonds?


Grc. This was a personal issue between Jack and myself regarding if Sammy Sosa used top hand torque. The lack of respect dealt with an assumption I made with regard to Sosa from the front view. I was my personal opinion that Sosa would not have had near the numbers if he did not use performance inhanced drugs. It was also my opinion that his dramatic drop off last year was a result of him not being on the drugs as opposed to age catching up with him. The same swing (technique) and contact for the most part that hit homeruns saw some of the same swing result in warning track outs.

As far as Bonds goes, he was an MVP at 186 lbs so I did not feel a need to point out his probable use of performance enhanced drugs. (On a side note I do feel that Bonds perceived drug benefit contributes to his homeruns as he can actually be jammed, bring his hands in and take a short stroke and hit a pitch out in centerfield. I also noticed the many balls he hit that were usually homeruns to centerfield during his comeback last year were warning track outs.