Posted by: SAbrams (WEGLBOY@aol.com) on Fri May 26 08:45:40 2000

The mechanics described by Jack do not appear to be dependent on great arm strength.They transmit the power of the trunk rotation via a circular handpath to a position where the lead shoulder pulls the bottom hand back and the front shoulder pushes the top hand forward torquing the bat between the hands at contact.

Tom,I fully understand Jack's theories and mechanics and agree with some of them,just not all of them.All the styles work well.....when the pitch is in the location you want and that is my point.Once you get to a certain level of pitching,how the batter adjusts when fooled is the difference.If you are rotational looking for inside fastball,what adjustments do you make if fooled low and away? I think we confuse hitting with homeruns.Please don't anyone tell me Sosa is a great hitter because of the homeruns unless they want to talk about career strikeouts also. The great hitters in history all made adjustments during a swing and understood that the pitch location dictates what you can do with it.