Being a Pirates fan since the 1960s, Willie Stargell's windmill warmup in the batter's box is deeply imprinted on my mind.

Welcome back, Prof.

Fun video. You can't list them all but I'd say most memorable for me are Tekulve for pitchers and Rod Carew for hitters.

Fernando Valenzuela looking up to the heavens.

@thebaseballprofessor

3 ай бұрын

I'm surprised I didn't include that one!

I am an Orioles fan and I remember Cal Ripken changing his batting stance a lot. Sometimes he would change his stance multiple times in one season.

@thebaseballprofessor

2 ай бұрын

Interesting. I want to do a tribute video to Cal at some point in the future.

Pitcher: Oil Can Boyd. Great pitching style, even better baseball name.

You didn't mention him, but you showed a clip of the seemingly baseball immortal, Julio Franco. Weird stance extraordinaire.

@thebaseballprofessor

18 күн бұрын

Julio Franco really put his personal stamp on the game.

I started watching MLB when the Mariners had their breakthrough into the playoffs in 1995. I loved watching the different player approaches in the batter's box. Griffey would rock his body back and forth. Edgar Martinez held his bat almost horizontal as the end of it orbited behind his head. Then Jay Buhner would come up with his bat vertical and standing perfectly still.

@thebaseballprofessor

2 ай бұрын

That was a great "batting stances" team. Thanks for the comment.

John Wockenfuss of the 70s & early 80s Tigers had one of the all-time great stances.

@thebaseballprofessor

3 ай бұрын

After watching video of Wockenfuss, his stance reminds Rick Dempsey, but with flair. Thanks for the comment.

Pete Rose- His batting stance was quite memorable.

@thebaseballprofessor

2 ай бұрын

True. Who hunches that like anymore.

All-time craziest batting stance? John Wockenfuss. Look it up.

I think its interesting that the people running baseball at all levels have decided that homogenous swings are more efficient and yet we see batting averages plummetting every year. When i was a kid ot was unheard of to have a guy with a sub .200 average as an every day starter. Now its common, and nobody seems to care.

Was always fascinated by chuck knoblauch's stance for some reason. Possible you showed a pic or clip and i missed it.

@thebaseballprofessor

3 ай бұрын

Knoblauch wasn't in the video, but he had a distinctive stance.

As a kid I liked Louis Tiants wind up

Don Baylor and Dwight Evans. Wade Boggs.

I immediately think of Corbin Carroll, always wiggles his butt and points the bat down behind him

A good friend of mine was a minor leaguer. He trains my boys. At 4th & 5th grade they are on the high school coaches radar. Why? Like you said, mechanics. Compact swings, by the book pitching and fielding mechanics. My buddy trains kids for a living, because at this point it's the best way to advance. Sandlot is dead with kids, replaced with travel.

You can't do that now because of pitch clocks.

Well, science and analytics isn't helping to reduce pitching injuries. I can make a strong long-winded argument as to why it has increased pitching injuries over the past 10ish years. At the same time hitters are actually worse than they were in the past. There are far less high batting average guys than there were in the past.

Adrian Beltre going to one knee.

Rod Carew

Detroit had Dick McAuliffe in the 60s. never saw anything close to his stance. Henry Aaron batted crosshanded till half way though his minor league career.

Under modern guidelines some of the best players throughout history when never even have made the team. I think that says a lot about the downfall of Analytics. Somewhere, a happy medium resides.

@HPSmugscraft

3 ай бұрын

Don't forget that favoritism also plays a role. On paper, there isn't much of a talent difference between the average AAA player and a player on a Major League roster (superstars like Ohtani or Judge notwithstanding). No small part of it is determined by small-p politics.

Shout Out to Dontrelle Willis

Kent Tekulve and Gaylord Perry

They went the same was as complete games

Your not Worng 😅 it more depends on the individual how the body is

Stat nerds and their consequences have been a disaster for professional baseball. Sabremetrics and Statcast have taken all the soul and personality out of the game.

@naciremasti

3 ай бұрын

Because its the truth​@breadandcircuses8127

@andrewvaldez8689

3 ай бұрын

Hard disagree

@aspiceronni4462

3 ай бұрын

Agree. 100%

@naciremasti

3 ай бұрын

The constant peddling of gambling in sports is also a huge turn off.

@juliebraden6911

3 ай бұрын

​@@naciremastiok see ya