There was no more intimidating stance than Jim Thome. He'd hold that bat up, showing you where it's gonna go, he'd have the bat held high, a crouched, yet upright stance, looking like Paul Bunyan ready to chop a tree due to his size. When you saw those hands lower and taking that short step and seeing that ball jump off his bat, it was freaking awesome. The best part, he hit 600 clean. Hopefully one day he'll be in Cooperstown along with the rest of the greats. Go Tribe
Always liked Ken Griffey Jr.'s wiggle. Ichiro is my favorite player (in general) though. Great contact hitter. Not a pumped up power hitter, but love his homers. He can really put his body into his swing.
+bluehorseshoe444 the entire piece is 5 minutes long and covers the entire league since its inception. 90 percent of the shots were less than a second. Sorry you were disappointed.
+bluehorseshoe444 Not to mention the success he had with it. A little less Will Clark and a little more Bagwell would have done it for me. Bagwell's stance is way more memorable.
I will definitely say one of the weirder stances I've seen is Craig Counsell. He is a World Series champion with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Florida Marlins, he basically just yeeted the bat as high as he could as a batting stance, and that's how he hit for the longest of times until later into his playing career
Robin Ventura has the sweetest mechanics of any swing Ive ever saw. So smooth and elegant, you can essentially hit anything from either his or Pujols' stance.
Baseball Entertainment Pujols has a stance that you can literally hit anything with. Its amazingly smooth and powerful. Theres just something about the stroke of a lefty that looks so buttery smooth though.
it took me forever to figure out why lefties swingscare smootherblooking and i came to this conclusion. Its bc after the wpswing they are already facing where they need to go.....first base. So they just swing and start their home run trot. The exception is sheffield . Sweetest rught handed swing ever
I'm a Bagwell stance guy. Played second base and wasn't a tall guy. Not only does it minimize the strike zone resulting in more walks, you can read a low pitch. Spring into your motion and give that pitch a golf swing ride.
Ken Griffey! Good hitting mechanics. He kept the front shoulder tucked in. It allowed him to keep his hands back.Put all the weight back to generate power
Randy Garcia Jim Leyritz? Not only the funky bat stance but the bat twirl and helmet pat after every swing at a ball not put in play. The closed off stance, leg kick and upper cut swing are mechanics damn near impossible to replicate.
I'd always copy Griffey and Franco. If I wanted to have a laugh, I'd do Tettleton's flaccid bat stance. Then finish it all off with a Fred McGriff back swing. The one that amazes me the most is Sheffield's. It's a testament to how strong he was because that whipping action takes a ton of wrist strength.
When I played in high school, I modeled my stance after Tony Phillips. A very odd stance, but I was able to draw a ton of walks from it. Doesn't hurt to be short to do that stance as well.
I bounced from stance to stance, using what was working for me at the time only slightly above who was just mashing at that time. Then, a young rookie from Deland, FL made an adjustment to his stance (from the left side; I swing lefty) midway through the 1995 season that I saw and said, "That looks really cool BUT it might also work." His name was Chipper Jones, and he helped me hit .475 through high school(at a very small school), and .585 my JR year. I had very quick wrists and reflexes and got "pull happy" because of them. The little "toe tap" with my hands starting just above my ear and a slight waive of the bat was the greatest timing mechanism I've ever found. During my SR year, I had a former Major League player and manager give me some private hitting lessons and he swapped my swing completely. 'Twas a bad season. I'm 35 and can still hit 90mph pitches in a cage using the "Chipper Swing". Click, click, BOOM! That's the sound it made in my head.
Brian OSullivan If I remember correctly, Tony used to have a high front leg kick when he was stepping into the ball and he brought his hands down below his waist while striding before bringing them back up to shoulder level?? I might have to watch some old footage but for some reason that's what I see in my head when I think about Tony Phillips.
Julio freakin Franco. Cool batting stance. I always thought Hal McRae had an unusual stance with how low he would hold the bat and Carney Lansford was pretty odd as well. My personal favorite will always be George Brett.
captain obvious question but i wonder if some of this is meant to psych the pitcher out?? is it a two way thing too with the pitcher pitching awkwardly??
who's the guy who barely grips the bat almost with his fingertips? it almost looks like he's ready to bunt when he's actually doing that all the time? is he a ny met?
Fuckin Bautista had the greatest stance besides billy beans favorite youkilis I used to copy Thome and then swing like a Sosa/ bag well depending how far I wanted to pull the ball
I always used a batting stance like the one that cal ripken jr used in his second mvp season without even knowing it xD. It feels comfortable having the bat lay on your shoulders before you swing
"Rickey feel good... Rickey feel reeeal good right about now!!! LMFAO Jimmy Rollins
I think we can all agree that Ken Griffey Jr had the best stance.
Nope Bryce Harper does
+Sage Gonzalez no
Definitely
Janel Lemay-Naït From right now at least he does
My favorite was the Will Clark one
There was no more intimidating stance than Jim Thome. He'd hold that bat up, showing you where it's gonna go, he'd have the bat held high, a crouched, yet upright stance, looking like Paul Bunyan ready to chop a tree due to his size. When you saw those hands lower and taking that short step and seeing that ball jump off his bat, it was freaking awesome.
The best part, he hit 600 clean. Hopefully one day he'll be in Cooperstown along with the rest of the greats.
Go Tribe
I love the different batting stances. Y'all forgot Willie Stargels bat pumps
Gary Sheffield was my all time favorite favorite batting stance.
Always liked Ken Griffey Jr.'s wiggle. Ichiro is my favorite player (in general) though. Great contact hitter. Not a pumped up power hitter, but love his homers. He can really put his body into his swing.
Will Clark's stance was smooth, man. So much rhythm.
This is f*cking fantastic! So many great memories from watching this. 👍
OMG!! I just had a Baseballgasm! lol
You had all those stances down perfect! Nice work!
How do you do a video on batting stances and not show Jeff Bagwell?
You don't. He's at 1:56. :)
+Martin Khodabakhshian a half a second shot of his legs doesn't really cut it given how unique his stance and approach to hitting were
+bluehorseshoe444 the entire piece is 5 minutes long and covers the entire league since its inception. 90 percent of the shots were less than a second. Sorry you were disappointed.
+bluehorseshoe444 Not to mention the success he had with it. A little less Will Clark and a little more Bagwell would have done it for me. Bagwell's stance is way more memorable.
+Martin Khodabakhshian everyone mimicked Will the Thrill - Bags was not as popular IMO. you can't get everyone. Thought we had a great sample.
The person tat was impersonating all these swings was FUCKING PRICELESS.
Julio Franco was always my favorite player... and man, looking at Dave Winfield. That dude.. swang so dang hard. guy was awesome.
mo vaughn stance wicked
We all imitated Griffey. Some of us Sheffield and his rattlesnake stance
the stances with there knees pointing inward blows my mind everytime i see someone do it
Tony Batista, Eric Davis, and Ripken Jr. were all fun to watch hit homers in those stances as Orioles haha...
I will definitely say one of the weirder stances I've seen is Craig Counsell. He is a World Series champion with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Florida Marlins, he basically just yeeted the bat as high as he could as a batting stance, and that's how he hit for the longest of times until later into his playing career
Robin Ventura has the sweetest mechanics of any swing Ive ever saw. So smooth and elegant, you can essentially hit anything from either his or Pujols' stance.
snappy452 Pujol's swing is what I use for reference.
Baseball Entertainment Pujols has a stance that you can literally hit anything with. Its amazingly smooth and powerful. Theres just something about the stroke of a lefty that looks so buttery smooth though.
snappy452 Very true, lefty swings do look smooth.
it took me forever to figure out why lefties swingscare smootherblooking and i came to this conclusion. Its bc after the wpswing they are already facing where they need to go.....first base. So they just swing and start their home run trot. The exception is sheffield . Sweetest rught handed swing ever
Paul O'Neill had one of the sweetest looking swings ever. The lefties are in a class of their own.
I'm a Bagwell stance guy. Played second base and wasn't a tall guy. Not only does it minimize the strike zone resulting in more walks, you can read a low pitch. Spring into your motion and give that pitch a golf swing ride.
My all time favorite is still Rickey Henderson, he's so cool man
Mickey Tettleton had a crazy stance. So did Gary Sheffield.
One of the best E:60’s ever!
Fuck the Ichiro made me laugh so hard lol
John B wockenfuss of the Detroit Tigers..... what a batting stance look it up!
Victor martinez stance now thats awesome.
Living in Baltimore and working down at the Yard for a period of my 20s Cal was known for the Baltimore "chopper" double play ball
I loved Julio Franco’s stance most.
Ken Griffey! Good hitting mechanics. He kept the front shoulder tucked in. It allowed him to keep his hands back.Put all the weight back to generate power
its cause griffey has the perfect swing so u cant make fun of him haha
Tony Batista by far the craziest stand ever lol
Randy Garcia Counsell might beat that.
Randy Garcia Jim Leyritz? Not only the funky bat stance but the bat twirl and helmet pat after every swing at a ball not put in play. The closed off stance, leg kick and upper cut swing are mechanics damn near impossible to replicate.
DaComebakKid Aaron Rowand's is crazy too.
Man Aaron Rowand had NOTHING on Phil Plantier. All time craziest stance
My favorite was Darryl Strawberry growing up And my second was Will the trill Clark
The background music reminds me of ryu vs scorpion
Great, now I want to go a few rounds in the batting cages now >_
wow no mention of JR? i mean i get it but his stance was so dope because of the swing and follow through that followed it.
2:40 no idea what rickey henderson's doing with that gesture to his neck, but it looks really cool.
I'd always copy Griffey and Franco. If I wanted to have a laugh, I'd do Tettleton's flaccid bat stance. Then finish it all off with a Fred McGriff back swing.
The one that amazes me the most is Sheffield's. It's a testament to how strong he was because that whipping action takes a ton of wrist strength.
When I played in high school, I modeled my stance after Tony Phillips. A very odd stance, but I was able to draw a ton of walks from it. Doesn't hurt to be short to do that stance as well.
I bounced from stance to stance, using what was working for me at the time only slightly above who was just mashing at that time. Then, a young rookie from Deland, FL made an adjustment to his stance (from the left side; I swing lefty) midway through the 1995 season that I saw and said, "That looks really cool BUT it might also work." His name was Chipper Jones, and he helped me hit .475 through high school(at a very small school), and .585 my JR year. I had very quick wrists and reflexes and got "pull happy" because of them. The little "toe tap" with my hands starting just above my ear and a slight waive of the bat was the greatest timing mechanism I've ever found. During my SR year, I had a former Major League player and manager give me some private hitting lessons and he swapped my swing completely. 'Twas a bad season. I'm 35 and can still hit 90mph pitches in a cage using the "Chipper Swing". Click, click, BOOM! That's the sound it made in my head.
Brian OSullivan If I remember correctly, Tony used to have a high front leg kick when he was stepping into the ball and he brought his hands down below his waist while striding before bringing them back up to shoulder level?? I might have to watch some old footage but for some reason that's what I see in my head when I think about Tony Phillips.
Hahahahaha Youkilis (however you spell his last name) - "Basically uhh.. I dont know what im doin.."
Julio freakin Franco. Cool batting stance. I always thought Hal McRae had an unusual stance with how low he would hold the bat and Carney Lansford was pretty odd as well. My personal favorite will always be George Brett.
STAN "THE MAN" MUSIAL!! LOL
Eric Davis. Pure cool. For effective, power plate coverage; Albert.
Fred mcgriff. Best swing in baseball.
Cano has a cool stance
Roids
this was great
Bro the fact that mike piazza was on team Italy lol
@ 2:28
"I don't know what the heck I'm doing" - Kevin Youkilis
Yeah, we know. That's why your "career" ended in Japan.
Buster Posey's swing 👌
Oh come on how do you not included Jeff Bagwell. unique stance and generate numbers and power with it every year.
great video
HELL YEAH!!!!
everybody's stances are cool but, Julio Franco had the most swag
What's the song/songs? there a link anywhere?
2:49...gotta love Piazza
Ken Grifey Jr 👍🏾
captain obvious question but i wonder if some of this is meant to psych the pitcher out?? is it a two way thing too with the pitcher pitching awkwardly??
2:26 Really? LMAO
Every batter will say it change you stance and your position NEVER YOUR SWING
man I love baseball
"i think when I was in my mothers womb I was hitting like that"
Travis fryman should be on here
Best stance is a toss-up between bonds and Griffey jr
Anyone know the name of the first song that plays at the beginning of the video?
How do you not show Counsell or Bagwell or Alou?
Cause Astros suck!!
Christian De La Rosa iirc didn’t they just win the WS, and aren’t they currently in the ALCS?
So
So I think this means, by default, your opinion is wrong.
@@DrumBum561 I think if I cared about your opinion, what you said would matter to me, btw Astros still suck!
Rico Brogna should be in there.
Gary Sheffield was awesome
Was Gary Sheffield in there? I didnt see him.
yeah he was there
The violinist... more like the 🎱pool cue stance
Still a hint towards one of his stances but no sign of phil plantier stances.
Dwight Evans.
Yup. I remember as a kid trying like hell to copy that, and then realizing that I could not hit for shit
They missed the best stance...David Justice Atlanta Braves
who's the guy who barely grips the bat almost with his fingertips? it almost looks like he's ready to bunt when he's actually doing that all the time? is he a ny met?
Dwight Evans?
No Dave Winfield?
Eric Curlett he’s at the very end
no griffey?? come on
My stance is like trout's but I'm a little more closed that he is
uhhh no Griffey or Bagwell...
no griffey jr?
Wat was dat guy dat purge was talking about
Pudge *
Tony Bastista was the weirdest
this is really poorly edited
Phil Plantier sighting @1:52
I remember when the Boston Globe ran a headline that said something like "way to plant one, Phil" after a game-winning homer
Aaron judge has the most basic stance that it’s default
Dwight Evans. Dewey
Wow, batter style impersonating
Fuckin Bautista had the greatest stance besides billy beans favorite youkilis I used to copy Thome and then swing like a Sosa/ bag well depending how far I wanted to pull the ball
Aaron Rowand
Andre Dawson
1:53 da fuck lol
Ken griffey jr 0:10
1:57
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Andre Dawson one sec? come-on man!!
I don't even think the batting stance guy is that good at the imitations. Actually, I feel like he's so off on a ton.
nah he`s pretty good though
R
How do you not show Ken Griffey Jr...once...Sorry but this video is BS
batting stance guy def cant hit in real life
I always used a batting stance like the one that cal ripken jr used in his second mvp season without even knowing it xD. It feels comfortable having the bat lay on your shoulders before you swing