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thesodiumranch's picture

Good call, Doc, on the dyson video. It looks fake, somehow. He's at point B, and the he's at point F, without having had to pass through points C-E. And it's all once he sees that he's reeeally gotta move. wow. 

Wow-er still: Having watched that Zunino link about 30 times, the thing that comes to my mind is a high school coach hitting the pregame grounders to his infielders. The swing is short and effortless. It looks like he is not only not trying to swing hard, it looks like he is actively trying to swing soft. 

How suddenly does the bat stop at the top of his followthrough? He is never, not for one millisecond, out of control with that bat. And the ball goes 400-some feet. 

I'm not sure if i'm seeing it right, but the slo-mo from profile view of that swing makes it loook as though he holds up, about 20% of the way through the swing, before recommitting and giving it a tap. 

He might have the most natural power in the league. I've never seen anything like that. 

I think it was Moe (or Taro?) who called for Zunino to choke up on the bat. If that's not what's happening physically, it's certainly happening psychologically. Good call, and (to me) a great sign that this might be a permanent fix for that big old hoss. 

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