Reply to "Strong with Great Technique"

Steve A.1,000+ posts

MidAtlanticDad posted:
Fair. This is the best I can do.
My observation is that most broken bat HRs are by power guys, and they're usually hitting the bat on the taper where the bat is more likely to break. (Remember Bo Jackson intentionally breaking a bat over his helmet.) At that spot on the bat, there's less bat speed (and less mass, I assume) than at the sweat spot, which is why you don't see many non-power guys doing it. If Harper had hit that ball on the sweat spot it might have gone 450'.

Agree! Nice work, great pic! And yes, I'm not sure most people realize how strong you have to be to snap those bats like Bo did. Those displays were hard to comprehend.

4/20/1812:02 PM

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