Posted by: Dave P () on Fri Sep 8 09:25:23 2006

> davep, i agree with most of what you have to say...but there other numbers to consider...take a look at the stats of the location of pitches that get batters out...outside....with a purely rotational swing it is much more difficult to hit an outside pitch because the bat is in the hitting zone for a fraction of a second due to its circular path....again, imho, great hitters have some initial linear movement prior to rotation in order to adjust to curves, changeups and outside pitches....i've seen it; done it; and taught it. pitchers love to see purely rotational hitters come up...just feed them soft stuff on the outside backed up with hard stuff under the elbows. jima

Jima
That is how you get out any batter whether they hit rotational, linear or standing on their head. Down and away with slow stuff and up and in with speed. Rotational hitters who hit the outsie pitches have a better chance of driving the ball through the infield instead of just making contact with the pitch and hitting weak ground balls.

No hitters have only rotational movement there is always a linear movement on certain body parts but when the when the hands start to go forward and around the body to be the most effiecent and most powerful the rotation of the body needs to mostly be rotational around a set axis.
Dave P