Ichiro's swing technique...

again--if it ain't broke don't try to fix it---

Mulholland goes on to say.....

"He looks like he's running out of the batter's box, but really his lower half is basically squaring up to allow his upper half to stay back longer and to see the ball longer."

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BlueDog:
"I was amazed by the rotation of his body and how he basically positions his body to get that bat plane in an area where the ball's pitched," Mulholland says. "I've never seen a hitter contort his body in such a way, particularly his feet. He actually rolls over his feet when he hits the ball."
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I have watched him in BP many times, and he has more power than anyone on his club other than Sexon.He hits balls deep into the seats in right time after time. He just does not carry the power stroke over to the game. Wade Boggs did the same thing......hit ball after ball in the right field seats in BP and then spray one to left during the game. Guys find a comfort zone and don't change when they are successful doing it a different way.

Bbscout, I don't think you got my point of starting this thread.....

I didn't expect TRhit to get it....So, that's no surprise....

Ah yes, you were taking hitting lessons from Terry Muholland......great.

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I have watched him in BP many times, and he has more power than anyone on his club other than Sexon.He hits balls deep into the seats in right time after time. He just does not carry the power stroke over to the game.

I read a scouting report in the Sporting News that says that he could easily hit 20+ homers a season if he wanted to.
I've never seen anyone hit line drives and grounders as hard as he does.