Comments on: Kevin Long breaks it down http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/ A New York Yankees blog by Chad Jennings and the staff of The Journal News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:18:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bigjf http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/comment-page-1/#comment-391733 bigjf Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:33:43 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/#comment-391733 Sounds like it was a great conversation, Pete, but I couldn't listen to it. The audio quality was terrible and all the knocking around was giving me a headache. Step your game up a notch! Sounds like it was a great conversation, Pete, but I couldn’t listen to it. The audio quality was terrible and all the knocking around was giving me a headache. Step your game up a notch!

]]> By: bodhisattva http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/comment-page-1/#comment-391642 bodhisattva Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:06:13 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/#comment-391642 CanIGetAMooseCall Yanks should trade Cano and Kennedy to Seattle for Erik Bedard. Good trade for both teams. reallystupid CanIGetAMooseCall

Yanks should trade Cano and Kennedy to Seattle for Erik Bedard. Good trade for both teams.

reallystupid

]]> By: pete http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/comment-page-1/#comment-391626 pete Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:24:47 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/#comment-391626 IMHO (which, I realize, counts for literally nothing), it is not just cano's bottom half that is causing him problems, but his upper half too. His elbows come down as the pitch is being delivered, forcing him to bring them up again to load. This is giving him no time to judge the pitch since if he wants to hit it he needs to swing as soon as he gets his hands back up. With the bottom half, there is obviously just too much swinging. He needs to keep his hips loaded just like his elbows - from the getgo. Then he can get back to his old style of just waiting on the pitch and getting more time to judge it. He's also not squaring up the balls that he does time right, which tells me that his hands are swinging around to the ball, rather than coming straight through the ball. These are among the simplest, most fundamental aspects of hitting, though, so I'm sure KLong has picked up on them too (or else I'm just not seeing things right). But I really haven't noticed a difference so far, even when cano had a brief semi-hotstreak i knew it wouldn't last b/c his swing just didn't look like it used to. Now obviously there's a reason Kevin Long is a MLB hitting coach, but the one thing I have noticed over the last 2 years is that players have seemingly gone through very long and clearly (at least part) mechanical slumps. Cano and especially Abreu last year, when Bobby was falling out towards first waaaayyy too early and thus could never hit a lefty curve or righty changeup. IMHO (which, I realize, counts for literally nothing), it is not just cano’s bottom half that is causing him problems, but his upper half too. His elbows come down as the pitch is being delivered, forcing him to bring them up again to load. This is giving him no time to judge the pitch since if he wants to hit it he needs to swing as soon as he gets his hands back up. With the bottom half, there is obviously just too much swinging. He needs to keep his hips loaded just like his elbows – from the getgo. Then he can get back to his old style of just waiting on the pitch and getting more time to judge it. He’s also not squaring up the balls that he does time right, which tells me that his hands are swinging around to the ball, rather than coming straight through the ball. These are among the simplest, most fundamental aspects of hitting, though, so I’m sure KLong has picked up on them too (or else I’m just not seeing things right). But I really haven’t noticed a difference so far, even when cano had a brief semi-hotstreak i knew it wouldn’t last b/c his swing just didn’t look like it used to. Now obviously there’s a reason Kevin Long is a MLB hitting coach, but the one thing I have noticed over the last 2 years is that players have seemingly gone through very long and clearly (at least part) mechanical slumps. Cano and especially Abreu last year, when Bobby was falling out towards first waaaayyy too early and thus could never hit a lefty curve or righty changeup.

]]> By: PL http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/comment-page-1/#comment-391623 PL Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:15:11 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/#comment-391623 Interesting that Long called Mattingly. Especially considering people like Michael Kay where whining about Torre calling Posada & Jeter earlier this year. Interesting that Long called Mattingly. Especially considering people like Michael Kay where whining about Torre calling Posada & Jeter earlier this year.

]]> By: Thomo http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/comment-page-1/#comment-391621 Thomo Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:29:15 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/#comment-391621 Peter, Is Kevin concerned about Jeter? He simply does not look the same. The HR the other night not withstanding, he is really struggling. I wonder about the dynamics of a relatively new hitting coach dealing with an aging star - is he able to "go there"? Peter,

Is Kevin concerned about Jeter? He simply does not look the same. The HR the other night not withstanding, he is really struggling. I wonder about the dynamics of a relatively new hitting coach dealing with an aging star – is he able to “go there”?

]]> By: MikeEff http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/comment-page-1/#comment-391618 MikeEff Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:17:43 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/#comment-391618 bedard? i don't think so. he couldn't even beat the Nats. bedard? i don’t think so. he couldn’t even beat the Nats.

]]> By: Aaron(a REAL Yankee fan) http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/comment-page-1/#comment-391617 Aaron(a REAL Yankee fan) Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:09:21 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/#comment-391617 Yanks should trade Cano and Kennedy to Seattle for Erik Bedard. Good trade for both teams. ur stupid Yanks should trade Cano and Kennedy to Seattle for Erik Bedard. Good trade for both teams.

ur stupid

]]> By: Brandon (supporting "Alex being Alex") (J.Santana HR allowed count: 12 ) http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/comment-page-1/#comment-391616 Brandon (supporting "Alex being Alex") (J.Santana HR allowed count: 12 ) Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:25:01 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/#comment-391616 No it isn't. No it isn’t.

]]> By: Eye Chart http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/comment-page-1/#comment-391615 Eye Chart Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:24:10 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/#comment-391615 perhaps Cano needs glasses or ADHD stuff perhaps Cano needs glasses or ADHD stuff

]]> By: CanIGetAMooseCall http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/comment-page-1/#comment-391614 CanIGetAMooseCall Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:18:02 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/06/15/kevin-long-breaks-it-down/#comment-391614 Yanks should trade Cano and Kennedy to Seattle for Erik Bedard. Good trade for both teams. Yanks should trade Cano and Kennedy to Seattle for Erik Bedard. Good trade for both teams.

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