This is how hard G. Stanton hit that ball last night.

[stevenash]

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[Kermit]

[stevenash]

Stare at that photo for a moment.

His eyes aren't on the ball, well, because at the back end of the pitch there has come a time (last 18 feet or so on a fastball thrown) your eyes have to leave where the pitch is.
Look at the compression.

I was once described by a regional writer once as a hybrid of old school meets new school.
A cross between Earl Weaver and Brian Cashman/Billy Beane.

Point being, there is still the old school baseball mentality that was instilled in me from my dad's 60's MLB, and the Billy Beane today's geeks.

I am big on sabremetics, that data is relevant and most of it can not be ignored, the one piece of data a lot of us nerds drone on about in exit-velo (exit velocity)

I personally think exit-velo is a bit overrated, reason being a HR is a HR, if it clears the fence does it really matter all that much if the velocity was 140 mph or 40 mph. Still goes down in te records books as a HR.

If one has a counter opinion, that's cool, my opinions are not the be all/end all.
I'm just a geek and a blowhard.
(But loveable nevertheless)

[jjgold]

Nashy your too technical

[flyingillini]

He has power and he also has power from the man upstairs. That hit was 50% player 50% Christ. He is also a man of faith.

[stevenash]

Nashy your too technical

You think Coach?

My dad was a career Navy military career engineer geek, back in the day when there was no such thing a a Google search engine or Microsoft excel software products that do all your work for you and sorts all out in a tidy complicated table for you.
These were the resources my dad had available to him in the 60's .
A good old fashioned pointed lead number two pencil, a ruler and protractor, and a pad of graph paper.
And his brain.

I'm a life long nerd Coach, my dad passed down his nerd genes to me, it's in the DNA fella.
Geek. It's who I am, and it's what I do. Runs in the family, I'm an IT geek, my dad was an engineering geek, my dad's dad was an electronics geek (One of the first to own a TV repair shop in the 40's) True story, why would I lie about being s geek anyways, it bore most people to tears when I tell them what I do after they ask me "What do I do for a living"

After ten minutes of answering that question, I usually get this.
"I wish I never asked that question"

[Optional]

Stare at that photo for a moment.

His eyes aren't on the ball, well, because at the back end of the pitch there has come a time (last 18 feet or so on a fastball thrown) your eyes have to leave where the pitch is.
Look at the compression.

I was once described by a regional writer once as a hybrid of old school meets new school.
A cross between Earl Weaver and Brian Cashman/Billy Beane.

Point being, there is still the old school baseball mentality that was instilled in me from my dad's 60's MLB, and the Billy Beane today's geeks.

I am big on sabremetics, that data is relevant and most of it can not be ignored, the one piece of data a lot of us nerds drone on about in exit-velo (exit velocity)

I personally think exit-velo is a bit overrated, reason being a HR is a HR, if it clears the fence does it really matter all that much if the velocity was 140 mph or 40 mph. Still goes down in te records books as a HR.

If one has a counter opinion, that's cool, my opinions are not the be all/end all.
I'm just a geek and a blowhard.
(But loveable nevertheless)

That is interesting. Not a baseballer but would have said he was lucky to hit it well if all I saw was that photo.

[stevenash]

That is interesting. Not a baseballer but would have said he was lucky to hit it well if all I saw was that photo.

As a hitter, you need to see the pitchers release point, so it's imperative to keep your eye on that.

All of today's MLB pitchers, that feature the four or two seam heater as their primary pitch throw 95 mph (or greater)
The minority of them, a select few of them that are what we call "Junk ball artists" the curve ball or knuckle ball throwers, do not.

(here I go again, getting long winded)

At 95 mph, and the distance between home plate and the pitchers mound being 60' 6", it takes 0.8 seconds to get there.
That's a fact that simple math proves out.

The batter has less than a second to decide what to do with the pitch coming at him.
That's all, an eighth of a second.
The hardest thing to do in any professional sport, pick a sport, any sport, the hardest thing to do is to hit a round horsehide ball, with a round ash wood bat with that ball coming at you at near 100 mph speed that is guaranteed to have some sort of funky tail end movement on it as it reaches the plate.

After the hitter sees the pitch from what angle etc. the pitchers released it from, he has a good idea what it's going to do a second later.
That's not all there is to it, first you need to be born with God given muscles required to hit that pitch 400 feet, you need God given hand/eye coordination, you need to watch films of every pitcher to learn what that pitcher's thrown ball are going to do as far as back end movement, and on and on.

Eight tenth's of one second (0.8 seconds) that's all you get, and you need to make up your mind in a half a second as to swing or take, and if you decide to swing, where?

Yeah, good luck with all that.

I played a kid and up until I was 20, most skilled batter can hit most fastballs, most skilled batter will tell you the more movement the ball has, the trickier it becomes to hit. I could lace doubles all day long on fastballs, curveballs humbled me, made me look like an idiot.

[KnuckleHeadz]

Stare at that photo for a moment.

His eyes aren't on the ball, well, because at the back end of the pitch there has come a time (last 18 feet or so on a fastball thrown) your eyes have to leave where the pitch is.
Look at the compression.

I was once described by a regional writer once as a hybrid of old school meets new school.
A cross between Earl Weaver and Brian Cashman/Billy Beane.

Point being, there is still the old school baseball mentality that was instilled in me from my dad's 60's MLB, and the Billy Beane today's geeks.

I am big on sabremetics, that data is relevant and most of it can not be ignored, the one piece of data a lot of us nerds drone on about in exit-velo (exit velocity)

I personally think exit-velo is a bit overrated, reason being a HR is a HR, if it clears the fence does it really matter all that much if the velocity was 140 mph or 40 mph. Still goes down in te records books as a HR.

If one has a counter opinion, that's cool, my opinions are not the be all/end all.
I'm just a geek and a blowhard.
(But loveable nevertheless)

Like that you brought this up Nasher…
Girlfriend seen the replay last night and says” he wasn’t even looking at the ball”

I told her you best believe he seen it at some point in the swing..
His bat speed is ridiculous and the power he generates from mostly just upper body and arms

[Mike Huntertz]

He has power and he also has power from the man upstairs. That hit was 50% player 50% Christ. He is also a man of faith.

I didn't know gawd or his kid played ball? Some time out from saving Ukraine and stopping all the wild fires I guess?

[DiggityDaggityDo]

[Mike Huntertz]

Diggity you slay me.

[slayer14]

I had no idea that Stanton was born and raised in LA and was a dodgers fan.

[stevenash]

Daggles, was God a pitcher or an everyday position player?

I say God was a catcher, and He was definitely a KC Royals fan, believe me, I know, you need a sense of humor to be both.

[JMobile]

That ball has a family

[pavyracer]

Does a 475 ft home run worth more runs than a 375 ft home run or inside the park home run? Why this obsession about the furthest hit home run?

[mama whoiscrying]

Dude is a total freak. Best of the best.

[Roscoe_Word]

Wow. Really crushes it.

The announcers made it look like it was all upper body, and it looked that way with his swing.

But the shared photo depicts hip movement, which is vital, no?

He indeed crushes the ball, but he has to use lower body torque.

Thats why a skinny guy can often hit a Titelist farther than a linebacker.

Excellent photo, Steve.

[stevenash]

Does a 475 ft home run worth more runs than a 375 ft home run or inside the park home run? Why this obsession about the furthest hit home run?

Not only do I agree, I made that very same point in post #3, sixth paragraph.
But thanks for the backup, I appreciate it.