Each team's sweetest swings

[OsEatAlEast]

1 minute ago, DrungoHazewood said:

I don't know if he's any crazier than Johnny Wockenfuss, who somehow stood with both feet on the back line of the box.

 

I can see Earl yelling at the catcher each time he came to the plate. "Back up! Back up!"

 

[DrungoHazewood]

Here's a crazy thing, YouTube video of Cal describing all of his stances and one of them is The Johnny Wockenfuss.

 

 

[DrungoHazewood]

Mike Fischlin had an odd stance, with the bat parallel to the ground below waist level.

[Moose Milligan]

12 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

I don't know if he's any crazier than Johnny Wockenfuss, who somehow stood with both feet on the back line of the box.

 

With a last name like Wockenfuss, you expect something goofy.

[OsEatAlEast]

Always loved how consistently technically sound Wade Boggs was. Little head movement with an old school two hand follow through.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

53 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

Mike Fischlin had an odd stance, with the bat parallel to the ground below waist level.

The anti-Julio Franco batting stance. I always like watching Franco hit because of the way he held his bat high and aimed right at the opposing pitcher.

[LA2]

15 hours ago, DrungoHazewood said:

I don't know if he's any crazier than Johnny Wockenfuss, who somehow stood with both feet on the back line of the box.

 

That's because they weren't feet, but the tail of a Walkin'-fish (Johnny).

[DrungoHazewood]

6 hours ago, LA2 said:

That's because they weren't feet, but the tail of a Walking-fish (Johnny).

Isn't the German "Curl Feet"?   I have no idea what that means (although it kind of describes his stance!), and my German is kindergarten level...

Or is it some other language?

[DrungoHazewood]

13 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

The anti-Julio Franco batting stance. I always like watching Franco hit because of the way he held his bat high and aimed right at the opposing pitcher.

I was once at a game at Memorial against the Rangers and sat toward the OF down the first base line.  Franco hit a foul ball that I was sure was coming my way, and fast, but it had so much topspin it ended up near the dugout.  I think teams played him like a lefty because it took so long to get the bat out of that position.

[LA2]

14 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

The anti-Julio Franco batting stance. I always like watching Franco hit because of the way he held his bat high and aimed right at the opposing pitcher.

Poison-tipped bat of the Scorpion!

[LA2]

27 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

Isn't the German "Curl Feet"?   I have no idea what that means (although it kind of describes his stance!), and my German is kindergarten level...

Or is it some other language?

I doubt it!

[DrungoHazewood]

14 minutes ago, LA2 said:

I doubt it!

Fuss is definitely foot in German.  I have a lot of Fusses in my family tree.

[Frobby]

Raffy is an excellent choice.    I also thought Ken Singleton had a really sweet stroke from the LH side.    

[DrungoHazewood]

On 4/23/2020 at 6:00 PM, Moose Milligan said:

I was going to see how those stances worked out for Cal that day but unfortunately they didn't play  

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/?date=1988-05-17

That was very Drungo of you!

[NJOriolesFan]

I loved a lot of the aforementioned, Singleton, Murray, Palmeiro, etc.  But honestly, I thought Nick Markakis had the sweetest swing.