Posted by: Jack Mankin (mrbatspeed@aol.com) on Thu May 13 17:11:59 2004

Hi JJA

You have allowed your agenda to cloud your power to reason. By Adair’s own definition of his model, there is no kinetic energy to be transferred to the “whip effect” if a batter rotates around a stationary axis. Even poor hitters do not move their axis 18 inches forward as they rotate. His model is deeply flawed regardless of the existence of the torque or the whip effect.
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Unless you (or your group) can provide a test (with a bat) that proves the existence of the whip effect (as described in Adair’s model) , this discussion has concluded.

Jack Mankin