Posted by: Chris O'Leary (chris@chrisoleary.com) on Wed Nov 1 08:40:31 2006

> Chris, I cruised through your photos of Pujols, and noted the following:
>
> 1) At contact, Pujol's back leg is in a perfect 90 degree "L" shape.
> 2) At contact, Pujol's back calve angles towards the pitcher.
> 3) At contact, Pujol's back thigh angles towards the pitcher.
>
> Do you a) agree with these statements? or b) disagree with these statements? A response would be deeply appreciated.

I agree with the 90 degree L (although the angle may be more like 95 or 100 degrees).

I'm not sure what you mean in terms of (2) or (3), or why it's important, so I'm not sure if I agree or not.

I will say that Pujols' back thigh looks pretty much vertical at the point of contact.

http://www.chrisoleary.com/projects/Baseball/Hitting/Images/AlbertPujols/AlbertPujols_2006_HomeRun_017.jpg

Chris