Posted by: Mark () on Fri Jul 13 16:24:52 2001

This thread is hilarious. Disappointing but hilarious. To sort of take Louy's side for a moment (I know, I'm sorry), for those using linear or perhaps hybrid mechanics, it probably is true that avg vs power is the choice you have to make. Even with Jack's mechanics, I suppose you could go overboard and sacrifice smoothness to effort and be counter productive? But what I hear Jack saying is that with proper mechanics, enough batspeed to hit the ball 400' is not that big of a deal? I watched Piazza (ESPN's goofy highlights show with clueless analysis) last night and he sure looked like he was using tht and he sure hit the ball far but he didn't look like he was muscling or straining or at maximum effort. The four guys they showed highlights of hitting behind him did not appear to be using tht and they sure looked like they were straining compared to Mike and as I recall they didn't hit the ball as well either.

Mark

So Louy, what changes would you recommend from Jack's mechanics to trade a some power for some avg if that is the way I should phrase the question?

By the way, no analogy is perfect.

Mark