Michael Holloway's Baseball Blogs

Writing around the idea that baseball is a game slightly ahead of its time. A 'simple' game the qualities of which include physical and metaphysical paradoxes: the two dimensional diamond with-in the sphere; the struggle between individuals with-in a complex group dynamic.
Baseball is like a school of the Socratic method: it asks questions - the consideration of which lead to more questions - a process that illuminates a path towards critical thought.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Aaron Hill is Developing a Swing Outside the Strike Zone

Last night, late in the innings against Seattle, I watched Aaron Hill put a sweet swing on a pitch that was WAY down and in. The ball rocketed through the infield for a single.

Great hitters have good swing mechanics even out of the strike zone. Like Ichiro Suzuki or the great Barry Bonds - to me it looks like Aaron Hill may become a one of those.