re: Mikie Mahtook

Bat speed has everything to do with hitting an outside fastball if the player is having trouble. One of the toughest things to do when your having trouble is to wait on a located outside fastball when you have flaws with your swing at the time. Dropping his hands and weight transfer have everything to do with his bat speed, if one of those is lacking he will be trying to pull that outside pitch like he's doing.

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Either way, Dean is coming out of his slump eventually, and when he does it will be fun to watch.

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I think you're right...he's proven he's a good hitter. He's not playing because of his defense..that's for sure.

But just think...the difference between Dean being a .355 hitter last year and a .270 hitter was only 10 hits. If he gets 10 less hits the ENTIRE season, he's a .270 hitter. That's how funny baseball is..

Now that also means he can raise his average fairly quickly if he gets going soon. We're only a little over 1/3 of the way thru the season if you include games all the way thru the CWS...which i am..

I think Dean taking what's given to him and hitting to all parts of the field will be a key in this team possibly winning a NC.

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I'm no hitting coach man, playing my entire life and watching players going through slumps just helps me identify a few key flaws in some players swings. It has always helped me improve myself. My dad made me watch Pete Rose tapes from the age of 12

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I was just trying to make a point........everyone on here knows the problems with the team (football, basketball, baseball) and it gets old. None of you know more than the coaches do and if you did, you wouldn't be a greater at Walmart.

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My dad made me watch Pete Rose tapes from the age of 12

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Aah...Pete Rose. I grew up watching the Big Red Machine and was a Cincy fan my whole life until i moved to Arlington Texas and became a Rangers fan. And now im an Astros fan. What a shame he had to do the gambling thing...he was simply the greatest Hitter I ever saw. Ya..Ted Williams was probably the best, but I never saw him play live..so Im biased. Ill never forget Pete making a run at the consecutive games with a hit record. And I dont think anyone will break Dimaggio's 56 game streak during my lifetime...but who knows?

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Bat speed has everything to do with hitting an outside fastball if the player is having trouble. One of the toughest things to do when your having trouble is to wait on a located outside fastball when you have flaws with your swing at the time. Dropping his hands and weight transfer have everything to do with his bat speed, if one of those is lacking he will be trying to pull that outside pitch like he's doing.

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Again, bat speed has nothing to do with a slump. Bat speed is the same given a 'good' swing at ANY pitch. Like you said, the hardest thing is to 'wait' on a pitch, indicating that seeing the ball out of the pitcher's hand is an issue, or at the very least timing. Dropping hands will definitely lead to pop ups, and weight transfer can surely lead to a lower (or higher?) average. Just saying that 'bat speed' is about as little league as you can get.

I would love to see someone to hit safely in 50. The couple of weeks after would be one of the greatest weeks in sports history I think. Dustin Pedrioa has the best shot of any current player I think, that guy doesn't have many holes in his swing. Ted Williams was great, smaller bat, ton of bat speed, that was his thing. Willams changed hitting, no doubt about it.

PacoDeEmanski

Landry seems to be overvalued by some, and undervalued by others, interesting. I think he's okay, he definitely isn't consistent at the plate, which is his biggest problem.

good call on pedroia.

ted williams was noted for his exceptional vision; he was off of the charts when tested as a marine fighter pilot.

at spring training several years ago, the red sox team ophthamologist was doing screenings of every player in the organization. he said that pedroia has the best vision of anyone that he had ever tested. he must be part owl or something.

he ran a 4.44 as a jr in high school at the all american combine his sr year he was timed at a 4.37 and 4.40. and the all american combine is laser timed.