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> > > I might mention just a few of the things I have read recently.
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> > > 1. That batters swing up on the ball. This is a common beleive.
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> > > 3 That because someone played in the majors they can tell others how to do something. I know a few. Most are natural athletes who do much on instinct and are not articulate enough to explain what they do or saw done. Not many athletes make it as coaches in college, HS or any where. Their biggest claim to fame is that the played in the "big show."
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> > (I doubt Jack needs my help answering your ill-tempered posts, (by the way Jack your patience is amazing and commendable) but I will answer a few things not having to do with the technical aspects of the baseball swing. My understanding is rather than ask MLB players what they do, he actually studied what they do. Makes sense, don't you think. So it really is beside the point whether or not they can teach or coach or speak or even write a snotty post.)
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> > > 4. That striding is a necessary part of the swing. (most players do not stride in the sense that they move the foot forward. They may pick it up and put it down but they dont move it forward. The few who do have the stide completed before the bat starts to move forward.
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> > > 5. One person commented that hitters should try the hit the ball a little higher then where they want to hit it because gravity will pull the bat down. (Acutally i was so amazed that the stupidity of this comment that I could not even make my ususal ridiculing comments. I will point out that gravity starts working on an object when the support of the object is removed. In this case the supports are the batters hands)
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> > > Who thinks that a hitter can try to hit the ball in such a way as to account for the pull of gravity?
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> > (This is an apparently very open forum and stupid people are allowed to post on it with or without good manners.)
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> > > 6. That a pitch thrown underhand can curve up. This is an physical impossibility documented by every study and laws of physics and matamatics.
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> > But, people on this site insist that the science is wrong and they know, and have see, the ball "curve up." This is the best example of how too much of what is said here is based on nothing but silly supisitions and conconted theories.
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> > Well Joe, I don't recall Jack ever offering an opinion on the actual behavior of a "rise ball", so all in all I think you owe him an apology for coming into his "house" as a guest and then spitting on the carpet. Disagreements on points of fact are welcomed and enjoyed. Juvenile behavior is not.
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> Normally I wouild ignore people who, through their comments, scream "I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT." But in your case I must make an exception.

(How coincidental, that is exactly what I was thinking about you. lol)




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> Of all the silly and stupid things that get said on this site, I have not seen any one do "spell checking." Spell checkers are the Line Dancers of the internet. They have no ideas so they comment on spelling.


(Forgive for the offense, I just found it amusing that someone who found others stupid repeatedly couldn't spell. Other than commenting on my spell checking, do you have any other ideas? For instance, do you find your manners to be mature and a good example for others?)


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> Joe A.

Jack seems to have excellent manners and no he doesn't need my help. I am not doing this to help Jack. I am doing it for my own amusement. Please bring all of your logical and reasoned arguments to bear here in order to help the participants seek the truth about hitting or other baseball matters. There is always someone smarter than each of us. If we have a position or ask a question that you consider stupid, help us learn and thus be a positive force. I am sure that there are very bright people in this world who consider some of your questions and opinions to be ignorant. Hopefully they don't assume a superior attitude in their discussions with you.

Mark