Posted by: RQL () on Mon Oct 22 11:55:50 2001

well i think just about every player in the BIGS is a freak of nature
> but the one thing that seperates the Greats from the average is
> the mental aspect of the game, and it goes for all sports,
> FOOTBALL BASKETTBALL, BASEBALL...im sure you have talked
> to your share of MANAGERS and coaches and they would tell you
> that MOST of the GREAT players are the players that combine
> their rare and unique athletic talent with BRAINS or what i call
> "VETEREN INSTINCS" and the drive to WIN...look at SOSA's early
> days, he had all the tools but he couldent figure it out...but like i
> said if i were to study any swing it would be the swing of a batting
> champion not a HR champion, im not saying torque and
> rotationinal mech. are wrong...infact rotation and torque are
> natural fixtures in todays swing its the OVER stating that worries
> me, if you look at the good hitters power or contact linier or
> rotational i notice the same thing the the body is relaxed and
> head is still, they let the ball come to them (gwynn really lets the
> get to him before he pulls the trigger which is why he has
> masterd the opp field hit)...i read a post here about a guy saying
> "WOW i was using the rotaional mech. and boy i was really
> loading up on the ball...but i was very sore the next morning"
> thats the stuff im talking about if not properly supervised a
> person get WAY too much rotation and could cause
> injury...bigmac and caseco both tremeduse rotational hitters and
> both have a history of back spasms, that you could directly relate
> to the SUPER torque they generate...

>>Lots of what you say about hitters is true,but if I had my preference of hitters it would be batting champions with power.The hitters I like are Helton,Luis Gonzalez,Giambi,Edgar,Delgado last year.All rotational and well rounded.I see some hitters as Mcgwire getting all he has from his ability but emphasising power.Linear wise he would be a very so/so hitter.Boggs and Gwynn,probably great hitters with any style due to instincts, hand eye,ect. but robbed overall of maybe being better than they were.Gonzalez reaches his total potential,though small in size by turning on the ball and instincts.