I have no idea where to post this. It isnt concerning the game, but found it intriguing...and this thread will get some action tonight.
I was watching video of OGonz' homer yesterday. About the third time I watched it, I thought...Holy cow, that's a young Pujols.
So I looked up video of Pujols first MLB homer.
Same thing...esp from the waste down. Pujols has a little more lift in his swing, but its close...very close.
It's a long story of how I got interested in Pujols' swing. It goes from Michael Brantley to a state champion HS softball coach in West Virginia to Pujols.
When Brantley first came to Cleveland, I was transfixed with his swing...the best contact swing I've ever seen. Absolutely no unnecessary motion and no stride.
I was watching this HS softball team taking batting practice before the state semi finals. Not one girl took a stride. They just loaded up on their back foot, and shifted their weight forward.
I asked the coach about it, and he said...go watch video of Albert Pujols.
This does not mean that OGonz will become a Pujols, or even a left handed Brantley with pop. One is nearly impossible to become and the other is improbable.
But there are possibilities galore. That swing can hit lefties and righties.
, but that is the fun of MLB and its 162 game season -- just about anything can happen in these small intervals!
