Posted by: Chris O'Leary (chris@chrisoleary.com) on Tue Nov 21 07:19:21 2006

"I agree with the wide stance, but if you look at Pujols, both of his heels are on the ground, I assume with weight on the balls of his feet and slightly toward the back leg with the front leg somewhat stiff. This I would consider a very balanced stance. I know that there are some major leaguers who do start in that somewhat coiled stance but I cannot think of any off the top of my head (Jeter?)."

Pujols lifts the heel of his front foot off of the ground just before he starts his swing. Many other major leaguers do this as well.