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Slumping Guerrero tweaks swing
Vladimir Guerrero swings so hard sometimes he looks as if he could strain not only a few of his own muscles, but one of his hitting coach, Mickey Hatcher. "It hurts me," Hatcher said. "I get stiff after seeing a few of those swings. Sometimes, the harder they throw, the harder he swings. I think [Tuesday] he was really out of whack." Guerrero swung so hard during an 0-for-5 night Tuesday he looked as if he might come right out of his spikes. So, Hatcher suggested Wednesday that Guerrero widen his stance slightly, a move that forces hitters to cut down on their swing a bit. The result, Hatcher hopes, will be more at-bats such as the one in the fifth inning Wednesday, when Guerrero stroked a clean ground-ball single to center field with a compact, controlled swing.
Vladimir Guerrero , AP
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Great...I see we have spammers on here trying to sell a website.....Fannation should take care of this, because it is getting worse....
#1astrosfan
Back Woods, TX
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The guy has a cannon for an arm and should straighten out his swing. --- JFKJR - Red Sox # 1
Uh, no, JFK, w/ all due respect you don't know hitting. Read what Teddy Ballgame said, you do NOT want a level swing because gravity pulls a pitch downward. The harder a guy throws the less gravity is a factor which is why guys believe, incorrectly, that they've seen the ball rise.
To make the best chance at solid contact you want a slightly upward swing. All the best hitters have this.
rhymeister
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I would never mess with Vlad's swing...the man can hit.
ME DUM DUM
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I hope they are trying to help him find his regular swing and not trying to invent a new swing because this man can rake
METS4LIFE
Franklin Square , NY
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It's the same thing Torri Hunter did a year and a half ago, and it has helped him immensely, just follow his lead.
KCMAC929
Minneapolis, MN
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How about tweaking your diet fattazz!!!!!!
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Someplacein, OH
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Everyone else in our lineup is hitting... Exept for Anderson... When Vlad gets rolling... Forget it... We are gonna run away with the West
ICEnSoCal
Earthquake Central, CA
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Everyone else in our lineup is hitting... Exept for Anderson... When Vlad gets rolling... Forget it... We are gonna run away with the West
ICEnSoCal | 04/24/08, 12:40 PM
You sir, are a delerious consumptive
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Someplacein, OH
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I think Vlad should be on the Yankees next year.
metrosouth
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