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Who had the sweetest swing you've seen in baseball?

DerekJohnson
DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,199 Founders Club




Who had the sweetest swing you've seen in baseball? 24 votes

Ken Griffey, Jr.
50%
DerekJohnsonRaceBannonMad_SondncTequillabiak1ntxduckhuskyhooliganMiley_CyrusEl_KBleachedAnusDawgJoey 12 votes
Tony Gwynn
4%
YellowSnow 1 vote
Ted Williams
12%
Bad_MotherDuckerCougzzDawgOfTheAges 3 votes
Reggie Jackson
4%
alumni94 1 vote
Will Clark
8%
Bob_CFishpo31 2 votes
Ichiro
4%
haie 1 vote
Keith Hernandez
0%
Joe DiMaggio
0%
Daryl Strawberry
4%
whlinder 1 vote
Write-in
12%
RoadDawg55KimsCopperPennySECDAWG 3 votes
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  • Bob_C
    Bob_C Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,624 Founders Club
    Will Clark
    Bonds should be on here too.
  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    Ken Griffey, Jr.
    I was going to ask who the sweetest righthanded swing in history is then I realized DiMaggio is a righty (I just assumed they'd all be lefties). Any other righties worth considering?
  • Fishpo31
    Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,623
    Will Clark
    Pull the cape…
  • Fishpo31
    Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,623
    Will Clark
    Lot of bias toward left handed hitters…lefties have “prettier” swings than righties
  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    Ken Griffey, Jr.
    Fishpo31 said:

    Lot of bias toward left handed hitters…lefties have “prettier” swings than righties

    Far prettier. I don't think it's really bias, it's just physical reality.

    Was just curious what right-handers are considered to have nice swings themselves.
  • KimsCopperPenny
    KimsCopperPenny Member Posts: 260
  • coronabruin
    coronabruin Member Posts: 1,491
  • Bob_C
    Bob_C Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,624 Founders Club
    Will Clark
    dnc said:

    Fishpo31 said:

    Lot of bias toward left handed hitters…lefties have “prettier” swings than righties

    Far prettier. I don't think it's really bias, it's just physical reality.

    Was just curious what right-handers are considered to have nice swings themselves.
    McGwire
  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,670 Swaye's Wigwam
    edited June 2023
    Rather easily



    But otherwise, Ted Williams rather easily.
  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,207 Founders Club
    Tony Gwynn
    Duh. Yella was at Game 1 of the 1984 World Series at the Murph.


  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,681 Founders Club
    Ken Griffey, Jr.

    Duh. Yella was at Game 1 of the 1984 World Series at the Murph.



  • Fishpo31
    Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,623
    Will Clark
    Looks pretty from the right side, too…
    https://youtu.be/yePmLtJOYsg
  • Fishpo31
    Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,623
    edited June 2023
    Will Clark
    dnc said:

    Fishpo31 said:

    Lot of bias toward left handed hitters…lefties have “prettier” swings than righties

    Far prettier. I don't think it's really bias, it's just physical reality.

    Was just curious what right-handers are considered to have nice swings themselves.
    I’ve always liked Edgar’s hack…balanced, easy pole-to-pole power
    Joe D’s swing, while obviously effective, is pretty much hips and hands, with no discernible stride (nttawwt)…
  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,207 Founders Club
    Tony Gwynn

    Duh. Yella was at Game 1 of the 1984 World Series at the Murph.




  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,681 Founders Club
    Ken Griffey, Jr.
    Kirk was a California serial killer
  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,207 Founders Club
    Tony Gwynn

    Kirk was a California (outside of LA) serial killer

  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,141 Standard Supporter
    Ken Griffey, Jr.
    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.
  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,207 Founders Club
    Tony Gwynn
    Fuck you Daryl Strawberry


  • Fishpo31
    Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,623
    Will Clark

    Trevor Bauer

    I heard his swing is pretty “whippy”…donkey punch potd…
  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,199 Founders Club
    Ken Griffey, Jr.

    Kirk was a California serial killer


  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,207 Founders Club
    Tony Gwynn

    Kirk was a California serial killer


    LA really had a great 1980's run in Pro Sports.

    2 x World Series
    5x NBA Titles
    1 x Super Bowl
  • coronabruin
    coronabruin Member Posts: 1,491
    edited June 2023

    Kirk was a California serial killer


    LA really had a great 1980's run in Pro Sports.

    2 x World Series
    5x NBA Titles
    1 x Super Bowl




    GRONK!
  • DawgOfTheAges
    DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,744 Founders Club
    edited June 2023
    Ted Williams
    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.
  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,199 Founders Club
    Ken Griffey, Jr.

    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.
  • DawgOfTheAges
    DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,744 Founders Club
    edited June 2023
    Ted Williams
    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...
  • DawgOfTheAges
    DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,744 Founders Club
    edited June 2023
    Ted Williams
    TROTC is on his way to the gulag now...

  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    edited June 2023
    Ken Griffey, Jr.

    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.
  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,199 Founders Club
    Ken Griffey, Jr.

    TROTC is on his way to the gulag now...

    You don't want to see Cozzetto Stalin when he'd mad!
  • DawgOfTheAges
    DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,744 Founders Club
    Ted Williams
    chuck said:

    dnc said:

    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.