Posted by: Chris O'Leary (chris@chrisoleary.com) on Fri Feb 16 12:51:42 2007

"Linear hitters are able to keep the bat on plane longer than the rotational hitters. The linear hitters generate more back-spin which get you more distance. Rotational hitters tend to hit a lot more balls with side spin or top spin. It's harder for a rotational hitter to stay inside the ball. If they let the ball travel into the zone they will get hit on the hands. The linear hitter can let the ball travel deeper into the zone and go to all fields without getting jammed. The longer you can wait the better you will be at seeing the spin and reconizing the pitch. Your hands need to stay flat through the zone and back to the pitcher to stay inside the ball."

Sorry, but there's no basis in fact for any of this, and some of it is just plain wrong.