Posted by: bamajeff (jatchley@farmerstel.com) on Fri Mar 30 08:59:22 2007

The leaning back may not be causing the problem depending on when it's happening in the swing. If he is leaning backwards at launch, then that is a problem, but if it happens as they rotate to contact, that's what MLB players do.

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