Comments on: The legend continues

By: Htman213

Htman213 — Sun, 10 May 2009 00:11:18 +0000

http://yankees.lhblogs.com/200.....ent-780959

I know the truth hurts……. but, told ya so.

By: KO

KO — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:15:12 +0000

PA, nobody cares. The dude isn’t going to be a Yankee. So, nobody cares. Also talk to me when he’s in the majors, healthy, and doing this. While his stats are impressive, Air Force isn’t exactly the Red Sox.

By: randy l.

randy l. — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:54:42 +0000

“A bat speed increase of 1 MPH will cause a 94 mph fastball to travel 8 feet farther (given identical trajectory and position strike on the bat).”

mattnc-

technical question.

isn’t 94mph accelerating to 96mph different than 94mph deaccelerating to 92mph?

how is acceleration worked into the equation?

By: pat

pat — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:49:15 +0000

2-0 Tampa

Longoria goes into the black in Fenway

By: randy l.

randy l. — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:46:54 +0000

“Forgiveness” doesn’t enter into it. You either have the strength to accelerate a 32-33 ounce bat to a certain velocity, or you don’t. The equation for kinetic energy (of a bat head as well as any other object) is Ke = 1/2 m v ^ 2. The v is squared, which is why it’s more advantageous to use a light bat than, say, the 36-52 ounce bats Ruth used.”

that’s exactly what i was going to say but i didn’t want to show off

mattnc-

good stuff.
so how do you know about this?

i know it from messing around with it myself using myself as a guinea pig and reading a bit.

there’s so much more going on that i’d be interested in hearing any good sites you know about that go into swing speed.

as far as other things , for example , i know that holding the wrist angle as long as possible creates the highest velocity. a huge amount of strength comes in holding it longer.

timing this release is a real power generator . i was working on holding my release with a steel shafted 2 iron when i snapped it in two places by holding the wrist angle too long.

once you get the club head going, it’s going to go unless you resist it. i guess that resistance is strength. ironically, for maximum velocity, it’s a holding back the release until all kinds of elastic strength are built up in the body and the club itself.
a bat or a golf club are not straight when they are being accelerated into the ball.

anyway great stuff.

By: Bo knows

Bo knows — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:44:36 +0000

Randy I

All I was going by was that I’ve never met a good hockey player who couldn’t drive for distance in golf or hit a baseball. If you have hand eye coordination then from there it’s base, balance, body extension . Sports mechanics are all the same. I loved Linecum’s explanation of his mechanics. “The arm goes along for the ride”

By: 86w183

86w183 — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:38:54 +0000

I suppose an undersized big man might use steroids or HGH to build muscle mass/strength.

By: 86w183

86w183 — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:37:05 +0000

Actually I got the point of the post. I was just pointing out the absurdity of the statement within the story about teaching guys how to properly use steroids.

I don’t know if muscle-oriented PEDs would help hoopsters, but emphedra and other stimulants probably would.

By: Bronx Jeers

Bronx Jeers — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:36:28 +0000

No, there’s no chance he falls to the Yankees. The Nationals need something to invigorate their franchise and he’s it.”

Anything that hurts the Mets is ok too.

Today is Yankee day on MLB network. They just showed 1977 game 6 and now they’re showing Guidry’s 18 k game.

Reggie’s run through the crowd after the last out was impressive. Was he a running back at Arizona state?

By: Tom in N.J.

Tom in N.J. — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:36:13 +0000

M, I think I read somewhere (NYT, maybe) that in Kirk Radomski’s book he claims to have sold steroids to NBA players.