Posted by: Jimmy () on Fri Jan 19 17:33:22 2007

> Jimmy-
> Brush up on your reading skills. I do not even hint every swing is a contact only swing.
When would a batter utilize an inside-out swing....when he's down in the count. This is
what I mean, EVERYTHING must be spelled out. And yes, I have played for years, even
managed a free ride playing ball at a leading SoCal Univ.
> 95% of all MLB hits are a result of an adjustment during the swing. A perfect swing is
actually recieving the ball you have been anticipating.
> Anyhoot, concede to the fact that Linear mechanics is as outdated as a -5 bat. Swing a
few with wood and tell me which you prefer.
> There is only one way. I like using the pinball flipper example. Stationary, rotational... if
the ball is outside, let it get deeper before you slap it, early...slap it out front...that SIMPLE.
> In every sport, motions are learned, there is little arguement over what is optimum. We
get to baseball, and we have fellas like yourself contributing to the decay of run producing
hitters...kinda like the introduction of the aluminum bat. Ask yourselfs since -5 is no
longer used, 20% of all HS batting averages went down. A year later, after adjustment in
their swing to resemble something more rotatinal, those figures went up.
> If you do not understand now you never will. I hve hit linearly my ENTIRE High School
career. I was fortunate enough to meet Jim Noche early in my College days, at the moment
he intoduced me to the linear swing, MY LIFE CHANGED. Like I said free ride.....
>
> The Hitman

Hitman,

First of all I do prefer wood to aluminum and have hit the furthest ball in my life with wood
(about 500 ft.). Secondly, something you might want to think about is that 95% of MLB
hits come off of pitches and locations that they are anticipating. It's called having a plan
and sticking to it from pitch to pitch.

Even though your story about a free ride has got to be the only free ride for a position
player in the history of college baseball, I will believe that you played. But if you were that
good why didn't you play at the next level? Maybe that question isn't fair. I know that
being a good player in the past doesn't always translate into being a good coach so I won't
even ask.

Experience and observation at the highest level is what the difference maker is here.

Jimmy