Posted by: steve (browndio3@aol.com) on Mon Oct 31 17:15:42 2005

i was just in the book store the other day and i came across charlie lau jrs hitting book the art of hitting 400.see the funny thing is the first time i read it in the store the steroid story hadn;t broke.so lau was going thro ugh all the hitters that are bottom hand or top hand release hitters and how it diodn;t decreasse their power.i came acrossed it the other day again in borders and all the guys he said that had top hand released which he said didn;t lose power were steroid users.mcgwire,palmeiro,bonds etc.it became immedialty clear why those guys hadn;t lost power STEROIDS
ted was right when he said the baseball swing is a hard push swing and the right hand is the power hand and that you rotate into the ball the pre steroids hitter of the 80's, 70's the last era before steroids all used the rotation method and really crushed the ball schimdt,kingman,jackson,jim rice,murphy,stargell,horner.if you want to mention the old hitters they all were top hand hitters so i won;t name them all.for all that they say about mcgwires top hand release he really was a top hand hitter who happend to take his hand off the bat after he hit the ball.when he made contact withh the ball his right elbow was down and close to his body (williams)and his right arm was in the bent L shape.his weight was kept back(williams) not forward brett.after you make contact with the ball you can pretty much do what you want with your swing the ball is off your bat and gone.laus disciple brett never hit more then what 30 a year.i thought i post this since i was going through my favorites and happend to see this.the last post i had read had lau questioning someone else's acumen and authority i question his he never played major league ball and his father was a horrible hitter so mine or anybody else's thoughts are just as good as his.you can drag the bat throught the strike zone lau backhand and lose power or whip it through forehand and hit with power