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As Bom would sometimes say, Hey Lads, it’s been a while. Nice seeing Lag and Two still passing out cheese. Wanted to comment on his latest thread video in a similar regard.
Before he died, I heard former Detroit Tiger catcher Jim Price talk about an idea the Tigers were kicking around during that year’s spring training about a throw to second base on a steal attempt. It was enlightening and Bradley’s comment about using hands instead of forearms out of the delivery position actually slowing a segment down reminded me of Price’s words.
Without going into the weeds, it went like this:
Usually on a throw down to second the fielder will catch the ball a few feet in front of the bag, especially if an additional runner is on third, and once the ball was caught would then swipe backward toward the bag to slap some leather on the incoming runner. Here’s the issue. When the fielder catches the ball in front of the bag the ball’s previous momentum was stopped. The ball now had to be re-accelerated toward the bag but now with less time and distance to do so.
Their analytics found the time from stopping to restarting again toward the bag, although fractionally small, was significant enough for giving a runner the advantage of being called safe by a whisker. Their solution was allowing the ball traveling to the bag without interruption in most cases.
I understand this year some players using sliding gloves do so using gloves with finger sheaths longer than their finger size so they get to the bag quicker under replay. I think a rule change might be coming on that one.
Merry Christmas you knuckleheads. 
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Thanks for posting NRG. The multiple patterns discussed and applied on ABS is second to none.
If ever one needed confirmation beyond Lag’s great description and reason why the lead shoulder accelerating the hell out of the way is important for maintaining pressure Blades4life’s comment about Calvin Peete says it all.
Lag’s description of stiff hands for striking hard is right on target- we want the clubhead stable, no wavy crap while the ball is on the face. 
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Very good supplemental video with many gems. From my experience getting clients to trust the post impact dynamics is the biggest hurdle. Once they finally except that the target side shoulder has to be moving faster than the hands and the club they finally have that Aha moment.
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