I know that this is a harmless beauty pageant, but guys that voted for Griffey Jr are chimps... way better hitters with magical swings in history, two dozen or more, some of which are on the list. No one compares to Ted, but beyond that you have Musial, Mays, Dimaggio, Pet Rose, today's Mike Trout, Lou Gerhig and WTF more...I mean come on, great player, pretty swing form for sure but even Edgar was a better hitter on the same team... sorry, just couldn't let this pass.
I know that this is a harmless beauty pageant, but guys that voted for Griffey Jr are chimps... way better hitters in history, two dozen or more, some of which are on the list. No one compares to Ted, but beyond that you have Musial, Mays, Dimaggio, Pet Rose, today's Mike Trout, Lou Gerhig and WTF more...I mean come on, great player, pretty swing form for sure but even Edgar was a better hitter on the same team... sorry, just couldn't let this pass.
At least this chimp read the context of the poll. Prettiest swing, not best hitter.
I get that, but the point is a pretty swing is the swing that dominates and produces... and every one of the guys I mentioned has a better swing no matter how you look at it. In retrospect however, I am certain that I should have said that people that voted for KEN are goldfish not chimps...
Hot take. I think that half of why lefties are perceived to have nicer swings is because the angle of the camera on TV is always from the opposite side and you can see their swing open up more than that of a righty. There's no reason why a lefty swing would mechanically be any different than a righty.
This might have something to do with it but I think the other half is the natural finish to a lefty swing ends up with your hips pointed towards first base whereas a right hander starts to adjust his body across home plate at the end of his swing and it doesn't look as good. Look at the RH Griffey swing @Fishpo31 posted above. He pivots hard towards third base* at the end of those swings (which are still pretty from the *right* side). But you never see a RH hitter actually do that because your body is trained to prepare to move towards first base. Nobody opens up that wide towards third.
Hot take. I think that half of why lefties are perceived to have nicer swings is because the angle of the camera on TV is always from the opposite side and you can see their swing open up more than that of a righty. There's no reason why a lefty swing would mechanically be any different than a righty.
This might have something to do with it but I think the other half is the natural finish to a lefty swing ends up with your hips pointed towards first base whereas a right hander starts to adjust his body across home plate at the end of his swing and it doesn't look as good. Look at the RH Griffey swing @Fishpo31 posted above. He pivots hard towards third base* at the end of those swings (which are still pretty from the *right* side). But you never see a RH hitter actually do that because your body is trained to prepare to move towards first base. Nobody opens up that wide towards third.
That's a solid observation. There is something to the difference and it's probably in the finish as you said.
I get that, but the point is a pretty swing is the swing that dominates and produces... and every one of the guys I mentioned has a better swing no matter how you look at it. In retrospect however, I am certain that I should have said that people that voted for KEN are goldfish not chimps...
Griffey had a beautiful swing good for six hundred and how many home runs? Jeez man. He was an undeniably great hitter for most of his career.
Hot take. I think that half of why lefties are perceived to have nicer swings is because the angle of the camera on TV is always from the opposite side and you can see their swing open up more than that of a righty. There's no reason why a lefty swing would mechanically be any different than a righty.
This might have something to do with it but I think the other half is the natural finish to a lefty swing ends up with your hips pointed towards first base whereas a right hander starts to adjust his body across home plate at the end of his swing and it doesn't look as good. Look at the RH Griffey swing @Fishpo31 posted above. He pivots hard towards third base* at the end of those swings (which are still pretty from the *right* side). But you never see a RH hitter actually do that because your body is trained to prepare to move towards first base. Nobody opens up that wide towards third.
That's a solid observation. There is something to the difference and it's probably in the finish as you said.
I get that, but the point is a pretty swing is the swing that dominates and produces... and every one of the guys I mentioned has a better swing no matter how you look at it. In retrospect however, I am certain that I should have said that people that voted for KEN are goldfish not chimps...
Griffey had a beautiful swing good for six hundred and how many home runs? Jeez man. He was an undeniably great hitter for most of his career.
He was no George Brett. I'll give you that.
You know what? after looking at Jr's history again [haven't in years] I have to say my previous comments really are a shit take... Im not wrong very often, but when I am its often a spectacular display.
I get that, but the point is a pretty swing is the swing that dominates and produces... and every one of the guys I mentioned has a better swing no matter how you look at it. In retrospect however, I am certain that I should have said that people that voted for KEN are goldfish not chimps...
I know that this is a harmless beauty pageant, but guys that voted for Griffey Jr are chimps... way better hitters with magical swings in history, two dozen or more, some of which are on the list. No one compares to Ted, but beyond that you have Musial, Mays, Dimaggio, Pet Rose, today's Mike Trout, Lou Gerhig and WTF more...I mean come on, great player, pretty swing form for sure but even Edgar was a better hitter on the same team... sorry, just couldn't let this pass.
I get that, but the point is a pretty swing is the swing that dominates and produces... and every one of the guys I mentioned has a better swing no matter how you look at it.
Holy shit you're actually arguing Pet (sic) Rose was a better hitter than KGJ.
See my above retraction DNC… every one of those guys is a legendary hitter with an incredible and unique swing… but I have to include jr in that category, and he was one of the greatest… he wasn’t Ted Williams, but he truly was the equal or better player than everyone else on that list, and he did have a magical swing
See my above retraction DNC… every one of those guys is a legendary hitter with an incredible and unique swing… but I have to include jr in that category, and he was one of the greatest… he wasn’t Ted Williams, but he truly was the equal or better player than everyone else on that list, and he did have a magical swing
I missed the retraction. Agree with what you've said here.
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He was no George Brett. I'll give you that.
CozzettoStalin when he'd mad!LMFAO
Mid 1990’s, when Atlanta won it all. Fred McGriff “Crime Dawg”….Best swing IMO. And we’ve played a lot. Absolutely sweetest swing…