Posted by: A. Person () on Sun Mar 11 11:51:01 2001

hey all...
i've watched Alex Rodriguez's swing in slow motion from three angles - from the pitcher's mound, from the backstop and from the first base side. It seems that the highest payed athlete in the world actually uses "linear mechanics."

A-rod DOES NOT rotate around a stationary axis... his axis actually moves FORWARD! His hands extend as in linear mechanics w/o top hand torque initiating the swing, lthough he does use torque just before contact (shoulders in opposite directions. He is LINEAR....

Jack, what are your thoughts on this?... How does he generate the power and batspeed that he does w/ linear mechanics? Would he be better w/ rotational, and WHY DOES HE GET PAID THAT MUCH??!?!!

Goodbye