Posted by: The Hitting Guru () on Mon Feb 5 20:42:08 2007

> "Try Frank Thomas."
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> Not really.
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> This super slow motion clip...
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> http://photos.imageevent.com/siggy/hitting/pro2/fthomas.gif
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> ...shows Thomas hitting with pretty much rotational mechanics.
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> His back upper arm isn't as vertical as some (AKA more disconnected), which means that his hands are closer to the pitcher, but that could be due to the pitch (which looks like a hung curve or high change-up).

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When Thomas hits in that clip he basically steps to swing rather than planting the lead foot and firing through the pitch. Thus he never reaches a strong launch position. He merely moves the bat to the ball. That is not rotational hitting.