Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Sun Feb 18 10:35:29 2007

>>> Yes. And Mike was a firm believer in the level cut as opposed to the slight upswing. Schmidt, Dave Winfield, Albert Belle and Lance Berkman are hitters who more likely fit the combined system approach. George Brett also used that approach, but had the ability to use the upswing when the situation called for the homerun.<<<

Hi Jimmy

At - http://www.youthbaseballcoaching.com/swings.html – there are a close to 50 clips of the games best hitters. If what Mike stated is true, we should see very few with a “slight upswing” at contact. If most have the bats on an up-slope at contact, his statement is misleading.

Jimmy, please point out those clips where the bat is not on an “up-slope” at contact.

Jack Mankin