Posted by: steven (westcaracena@aol.com) on Thu Apr 21 20:35:06 2011

> i was just in the book store the other day and i came across charlie
lau jrs hitting book the art of hitting 400.see the funny thing is the
first time i read it in the store the steroid story hadn;t broke.so
lau was going thro ugh all the hitters that are bottom hand or top
hand release hitters and how it diodn;t decreasse their power.i came
acrossed it the other day again in borders and all the guys he said
that had top hand released which he said didn;t lose power were
steroid users.mcgwire,palmeiro,bonds etc.it became immedialty clear
why those guys hadn;t lost power STEROIDS
> ted was right when he said the baseball swing is a hard push swing
and the right hand is the power hand and that you rotate into the ball
the pre steroids hitter of the 80's, 70's the last era before steroids
all used the rotation method and really crushed the ball
schimdt,kingman,jackson,jim rice,murphy,stargell,horner.if you want to
mention the old hitters they all were top hand hitters so i won;t name
them all.for all that they say about mcgwires top hand release he
really was a top hand hitter who happend to take his hand off the bat
after he hit the ball.when he made contact withh the ball his right
elbow was down and close to his body (williams)and his right arm was
in the bent L shape.his weight was kept back(williams) not forward
brett.after you make contact with the ball you can pretty much do what
you want with your swing the ball is off your bat and gone.laus
disciple brett never hit more then what 30 a year.i thought i post
this since i was going through my favorites and happend to see
this.the last post i had read had lau questioning someone else's
acumen and authority i question his he never played major league ball
and his father was a horrible hitter so mine or anybody else's
thoughts are just as good as his.you can drag the bat throught the
strike zone lau backhand and lose power or whip it through forehand
and hit with power