Posted by: Scott Roberts () on Tue May 16 06:59:12 2006

If you watch videos of Piazza's swing in the peak of his hitting career, you'll see that his power was generated from the tremendous extension of his hands through the strike zone - and he smacked them 450ft + - I might add! Analysis will also show that Griffey would roll his wrists on contact, producing that most treasured back-spin the experts subject to.