Posted by: RQL () on Wed Jul 4 09:42:24 2001

"the 45-degree angle in the position of power is the most efficient angle to get into the correct approach angle to the ball........during the approach to the ball, as the knob gets to the front hip area, the barrel should be about shoulder height.....the angle at this point is flexible, as long as the barrel of the bat is above the hands...........this statement was made by a prominent hitting instructor....what especially intrigued me was the statement "as the knob gets to the front hip area, the barrel should be about shoulder height"......am i missing something here?.....if i look at any 4-to-5-frame clip or picture of any major league hitter, by about the 3rd frame the bat is parrallel to the ground, ready to be released , and the hands (knob) are about half way between the two hips (blastsystem calls this the "lag position")......can anyone think of a major leaguer who , when the knob has already past this halfway point and near the front hip, STILL has the bat shoulder height?.............respectfully, grc.....>>>I've seen suzuki hitting in the hole at short as he has already started to lift his rear foot to run,also maybe someone tom a hawking a shoulder level pitch may look like this, or a Ralph Garr style hitter but forget it for what we discuss here.