Kirk was a California serial killer
Kirk was a California serial killer LA really had a great 1980's run in Pro Sports. 2 x World Series5x NBA Titles1 x Super Bowl
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.
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.
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.
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...
TROTC is on his way to the gulag now...
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.
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.
@YellowSnow's slavish devotion to all things San Diego continues...
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
