those kids on the side were a bunch of punks probably batting .165 with uppercut homerun swings. tony gwynn knows what hitting is all about which is.. hitting! not swinging for power or anything. gwynn is an absolute legend
Started off hte season a little rough .. Then my coach told me too look up Tony Gwynn. I did . Now we're half way through the season . I'm batting over 500..
Yo, Chris knows what hes talkin about go look at his website. Tony thinks he throws the knob, but if you watch videos he doesnt actually d othat. Also, just because your a great player, that does not mean your a great techer.Biiiig difference.
Tony Gwynn is amoung numerous hitters who were great in their own way as was Mr. Ted Williams.
In my opinion Dom Dimaggio never wanted to take anything away from either one of them. Ted spent "4" years in the Marines & never lost a step when he came back, his 1st time at bat he roped one out, then he personally defeated the field shift his opposition confronted him with. By doing so he taught us all how to hit to all fields W/power, average & consistency.
I am completely and utterly unqualified to make judgments of hitters. Tony Gwynn was one of the nicest men in baseball and a great hitter. However, he has very little idea what he is talking about. The front elbow does go upward, there is a "shallow U" bat path. The hands travel in a circular path. He calls the "shallow U" a reverse "C". The front elbow does rise. Tony Gwynn knew HOW to hit, but he does not know how to teach others hitting.
Tony was awesome. I know he will change his appearance because all of SD loves him and wants him healthy. Please Tony, get better and then get back to that svelte looking 21 year looking Padre and grow out the 'fro! :)
PS: You clowns who commented on T. Gwynn's instruction - can you recite the TWO things every hitter has to do? Or are you so mixed up with years of different coaches telling you different things? This clip is only 3 minutes...30 seconds of it will teach all you need.
There are many good hitters who do not talk about hitting correctly...just because a guy played in the Big leagues does not qualify him as a great teacher, it qualifies him as a great player. Chris O'leary is a great teacher of the swing and has a good understanding of what the Major league swing looks like and how it works.
Just because someone is accomplished at something does not necessarily mean they can teach it. Almost every MLB hitter has no clue what is really happening when they swing the bat. Even after they see video of it. Cues like the one in this video are just passed down from generation to generation, never helping anyone except those with enough raw talent to make it no matter what.
If this changed then we'd see a hell of a lot better baseball being played. And a lot more of it. Oh well.
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Have any of you guys read a book called Men at Work by George Will? It has a chapter in there about Tony Gwynn, and he has a great work ethic. He would take so much extra batting practice.
Yup, the man was a perfectionist who made himself a great hitter. I would love to be one of those kids down there taking some lessons from Tony. As a youngster I purchased some of his books and watched a lot of video of him hit. I really tried to emulate Tony.
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Guy hit OVER .300 for 19 straight seasons. Forget .400 or 56. I don't see that happening again in my lifetime.
Not only that, but he hit .324 his final year at age 41 and was classy and just walked away. He probably could've gone to some lousy AL team and grinded it out a few more years, but didn't. Played for one team and one team only. Amazing.
@TheGottesanbeterin Tony is the man. My comment was not clear enough. I'm saying the opposite: I think it's more likely that we'll see another .400 hitter or someone rattle off a 56 game hit streak than we will see another player hit over .300 for 19 straight years. Because it wasn't just a career year, hot streak, statistical outlier or combination of those three, it was entire career!
Case in point, Nomar hit .372 in 2000 and flirted with .400 most of the season.
@TheGottesanbeterin I think my comment may have confused. What I think we WON'T see again is 19 straight over .300....or....I think we'll see .400 or 56 BEFORE that. Because anyone can have a career year, hot streak, statisitcal outlier. What Tony did was a career.
Gwynn is the best hitter I've ever seen and was amazing against the Yankees despite his team losing the World Series. He hit .500 in the World Series against the Yankees!
I'm convinced that he would have hit .400 in 1994 if it weren't for the lousy strike. I once asked Dom DiMaggio if Gwynn was better than Williams and he laughed and said it was too hard to compare.
@ChrisKOLeary haha yeah, okay. The bat head will naturally fall below a batter's hands, but the front elbow doesn't jerk upward, which is what he was talking about. I can't believe you'd even say he doesn't understand hitting. Who are you? Where's your plaque in the Hall of Fame?
@ChrisKOLeary ...I'm sure it's YOUR well noted Hall of Fame success hitting at the Major League level for 20 years that's contributing to your amazement at how little HE knows about hitting...right?
@seattlehawkins
washed up fat guy who made more money in 1 day then youll ever make in a life time.
tballa1313 2 months ago
Title should be "Washed up fatass talks like a white guy"
seattlehawkins 3 months ago
@seattlehawkins "Talks like a white guy"? You must be one of those low i.q. people I have heard so much about.
realcoolboy17 2 months ago
this is mother fucking gold right here. Every hitter in baseball should watch this 3 minute video
tpstrat14 3 months ago
HI
SELFproclaimedVIRGIN 4 months ago
Makes me want to hit the cage.
stormdude3603 6 months ago
@stormdude3603 I know, right? It sucks that I just watched this right now cause the cages JUST closed in Connecticut !@!!!!!!
tpstrat14 3 months ago
those kids on the side were a bunch of punks probably batting .165 with uppercut homerun swings. tony gwynn knows what hitting is all about which is.. hitting! not swinging for power or anything. gwynn is an absolute legend
BondsTakesRoids 7 months ago
Started off hte season a little rough .. Then my coach told me too look up Tony Gwynn. I did . Now we're half way through the season . I'm batting over 500..
QuincyandLewis 8 months ago
Yo, Chris knows what hes talkin about go look at his website. Tony thinks he throws the knob, but if you watch videos he doesnt actually d othat. Also, just because your a great player, that does not mean your a great techer.Biiiig difference.
redsjack3 8 months ago
Where the hell was this in1989 when I needed it. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody.
Gwynn has a lifetime .338 Avg And so hard to strike out.
I´ve always wondered what he would post during Ty Cobbs day.
I believe Gwynn would be hitting .450 every year.
hoghash78 9 months ago
Themetsfan is a dumbass who doesn't know what he's talking about
TheGr8WhiteHope 10 months ago
Gabe Kapler: RIPPED
AVG. .268 HR 82 HIts 799
Babe Ruth: FAT
AVG. .342 HR. 714 Hits 2873
Grip it and rip it folks. If you can hit you can hit, but if you work at it you can still make contact.
justd3rd 11 months ago
Hey flanker35,
Tony Gwynn is amoung numerous hitters who were great in their own way as was Mr. Ted Williams.
In my opinion Dom Dimaggio never wanted to take anything away from either one of them. Ted spent "4" years in the Marines & never lost a step when he came back, his 1st time at bat he roped one out, then he personally defeated the field shift his opposition confronted him with. By doing so he taught us all how to hit to all fields W/power, average & consistency.
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donervin1 11 months ago
I am completely and utterly unqualified to make judgments of hitters. Tony Gwynn was one of the nicest men in baseball and a great hitter. However, he has very little idea what he is talking about. The front elbow does go upward, there is a "shallow U" bat path. The hands travel in a circular path. He calls the "shallow U" a reverse "C". The front elbow does rise. Tony Gwynn knew HOW to hit, but he does not know how to teach others hitting.
themetsfan861 1 year ago
Damn, now I feel like I could go out there and hit home runs
VidFeed1 1 year ago
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MrBaseballaddict 1 year ago
Tony was awesome. I know he will change his appearance because all of SD loves him and wants him healthy. Please Tony, get better and then get back to that svelte looking 21 year looking Padre and grow out the 'fro! :)
PS: You clowns who commented on T. Gwynn's instruction - can you recite the TWO things every hitter has to do? Or are you so mixed up with years of different coaches telling you different things? This clip is only 3 minutes...30 seconds of it will teach all you need.
SD1Chargers 1 year ago
Great stuff. I loved watching TG hit. Like watching an artist at work:). Too damn bad that the '94 strike killed his best chance of hitting .400 --
stevevandien 1 year ago
What happened to Chris O'Leary's post that some of y'all responded to?
JLIV461 1 year ago
There are many good hitters who do not talk about hitting correctly...just because a guy played in the Big leagues does not qualify him as a great teacher, it qualifies him as a great player. Chris O'leary is a great teacher of the swing and has a good understanding of what the Major league swing looks like and how it works.
samflamont25 1 year ago
Just because someone is accomplished at something does not necessarily mean they can teach it. Almost every MLB hitter has no clue what is really happening when they swing the bat. Even after they see video of it. Cues like the one in this video are just passed down from generation to generation, never helping anyone except those with enough raw talent to make it no matter what.
If this changed then we'd see a hell of a lot better baseball being played. And a lot more of it. Oh well.
sntslilhlpr6601 1 year ago
hope you get better tony
eazyworldkilla 1 year ago
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kanishafroeliger51 1 year ago
ha! swing the knob.
stevieh44 1 year ago
i wish that cano and jose reyes watch this
wilzusuki 1 year ago
Have any of you guys read a book called Men at Work by George Will? It has a chapter in there about Tony Gwynn, and he has a great work ethic. He would take so much extra batting practice.
AlexsTechChannel 1 year ago
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Yup, the man was a perfectionist who made himself a great hitter. I would love to be one of those kids down there taking some lessons from Tony. As a youngster I purchased some of his books and watched a lot of video of him hit. I really tried to emulate Tony.
LJSJIUJITSU 1 year ago
My name is Gwynn and i was named after Gwen S. and then they spelled my name after Tony Gwynn!
TheGwynn1213 1 year ago
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prinserick 1 year ago
Guy hit OVER .300 for 19 straight seasons. Forget .400 or 56. I don't see that happening again in my lifetime.
Not only that, but he hit .324 his final year at age 41 and was classy and just walked away. He probably could've gone to some lousy AL team and grinded it out a few more years, but didn't. Played for one team and one team only. Amazing.
berserktripon 1 year ago
@berserktripon in 1994, Tony hit .394
TheGottesanbeterin 1 year ago
@TheGottesanbeterin Tony is the man. My comment was not clear enough. I'm saying the opposite: I think it's more likely that we'll see another .400 hitter or someone rattle off a 56 game hit streak than we will see another player hit over .300 for 19 straight years. Because it wasn't just a career year, hot streak, statistical outlier or combination of those three, it was entire career!
Case in point, Nomar hit .372 in 2000 and flirted with .400 most of the season.
berserktripon 1 year ago
@TheGottesanbeterin I think my comment may have confused. What I think we WON'T see again is 19 straight over .300....or....I think we'll see .400 or 56 BEFORE that. Because anyone can have a career year, hot streak, statisitcal outlier. What Tony did was a career.
berserktripon 1 year ago
Why doesn't he make a hitting video?? One of the best hitters ever...! Period.
socra66 1 year ago
Thanks for posting!
Hey Chris, just a little heads up. Tony Gwynn's life time batting average is .338 (after 20 years in the majors).
He won 8 batting titles and hit and incredible .394 during the 1994 season (110 games)...... I'm confident he knows what he's talking about.
SneekyLookingDwarf 1 year ago 10
@SneekyLookingDwarf you forgot over 3000 hits
lakesidewelder 1 year ago
@SneekyLookingDwarf,
Gwynn is the best hitter I've ever seen and was amazing against the Yankees despite his team losing the World Series. He hit .500 in the World Series against the Yankees!
I'm convinced that he would have hit .400 in 1994 if it weren't for the lousy strike. I once asked Dom DiMaggio if Gwynn was better than Williams and he laughed and said it was too hard to compare.
TheFlanker35 1 year ago
very sound advice. If you dont think so then good luck, you will need it.
uwa26 1 year ago
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baseballdebate 2 years ago
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ChrisKOLeary 2 years ago
Cut Tony some slack Chris....... :)
baseballdebate 2 years ago
@ChrisKOLeary haha yeah, okay. The bat head will naturally fall below a batter's hands, but the front elbow doesn't jerk upward, which is what he was talking about. I can't believe you'd even say he doesn't understand hitting. Who are you? Where's your plaque in the Hall of Fame?
thekillercure21 2 years ago 4
@ChrisKOLeary ...I'm sure it's YOUR well noted Hall of Fame success hitting at the Major League level for 20 years that's contributing to your amazement at how little HE knows about hitting...right?
powerblue1 1 year ago