We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective ~ Kurt Vonnegut
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I have often been asked what I think is the success of Bae’s heavy hitting. To me this is simple. He has good batting eye. He is tall and heavy and strong. His weight is in his shoulders, where it will do him the most good. He is a tremendously powerful man. He uses an enormous bat, so heavy that most players would find it an impossible burden to him however it is just right
~ Walter Johnson“My theory is the bigger the bat, the farther the ball will travel. It’s really the weight of the bat that drives the ball. My bat weighs 52 ounces. Most bats weigh 36 to 42 ounces.”
~ Babe Ruth
goreds2 (06-12-2022),icehole3 (06-13-2022),RED VAN HOT (06-13-2022)
Yep, and looking at that picture I'm convinced he swung those huge bats with a very tight radius. He's loaded up inside, and he's got a Gary Sheffield wrist cock going there.
Bonds had the most efficient killing stroke I ever saw, it was machine engineered beauty.
This is a bit more artful.
We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective ~ Kurt Vonnegut
Hank Aaron disagreed. He used the lightest bat he could, usually a 33 ounce bat. He claimed it gave him more whip on his swing which lead to more power.“ My theory is the bigger the bat, the farther the ball will travel. It’s really the weight of the bat that drives the ball. My bat weighs 52 ounces. Most bats weigh 36 to 42 ounces.”
~ Babe Ruth
Hoping to change my username to 75769023
goreds2 (06-12-2022)
This book “Batting “ by FC Lane from 1925 is great as it encompasses all the approaches a batter had in the game a 100 years ago and a lot are still applicable
https://www.amazon.com/Batting-F-C-Lane/dp/0910137862
redsrule2500 (06-22-2022)
This is a painting of that same photo by the incomparable Graig Kreindler. He is, simply put, the best baseball artist out there. Do yourselves a favor and check out his work. I won't post any other paintings and ruin his talent for you. He has a website and Facebook page as well. Enjoy.
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redsfanmia (06-13-2022)
Okay, I lied. One more teaser of Graig's work for you. Seriously folks, do yourself a favor and look at his stuff. He is truly phenomenal in what he does.
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He’s a good Twitter follow too
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Theres a swing analysis video on Youtube of the Babe. It's worth a watch/listen if you have 10 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bUvU4gH1GI
Old school 1983 (06-14-2022),RFS62 (06-18-2022)
That was really interesting. Thanks.
Handling a huge bat like that wouldn't be possible today, against the late breaking stuff he'd see.
It was a swing for the times. Reminds me a lot of Hogan's "magic move" in golf.
Bonds still had the most efficient stroke ever, in large part because he got to hang out over the plate with body armor and swell up like the incredible Hulk. He was also a magnificent talent, too bad he isn't remembered that way.
Again, a swing for the times.
We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective ~ Kurt Vonnegut
RedsBaron (06-21-2022)
We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective ~ Kurt Vonnegut
Roy Tucker (06-18-2022)
The Say Hey kid! Had his poster on the wall growing up.
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
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We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective ~ Kurt Vonnegut
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