Posted by: George () on Tue Sep 18 08:41:28 2007

> > Jack. In reviewing Mike Lowell's homerun against the Yankees off Chamberlain it appeared that Lowell leveled off part of his swing to get to a highfastball for a homerun. By leveling off, I mean that lowell did not take a full upswing, but kind of tomohawked part of his swing to allow him to line his bat up/and through the ball easier. Would you agree? <
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> George there is a tilt adjustment that hitters make for the high pitch since they normally set themselves for a pitch about waist to thigh high,at toe touch and even through the swing there is a more upright upperbody adjustment going on in 2 different planes,1 is the rearward tilt moves forward to center while the tilt over the plate comes back more in line with the legs ,less lean over the plate.The lack of this adjustment is why the high pitch is often popped up or swung and missed out of plane as you saw lowell adjust to.


Thanks. I think Lowell cheated to hit that pitch (and zone in on first ball fast ball) as it was 98 mph, but might not have had a lot of movement on it.