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Conlin: Suddenly there are more experts than strikeouts in Ryan Howard’s slump (RR)
Published 5/13/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Conlin: Suddenly there are more experts than strikeouts in Ryan Howard’s slump (RR) The Sweet Science of the Swing Era with Coach Conlin. Most of these former line-drive machines correctly state that Howard stands too far off the plate with a stance that is much too open. For the record, he is setting up in just about the same stance he brought to the majors in 2005, when he was rookie of the year. The difference, of course, is what he does with the stance once it unfurls into the various components of a swing. Charlie Manuel has explained it in a peanut shell. Howard is ...

When It Comes To Howard’s Slump, Everyone Has An Opinion (Including Me)
Published 5/14/2008 by Brian Joseph at Seamheads.com
... Usually, I post on Saturday and I asked Mike if there was room for a second post by me this week.  He suggested Wednesday or Thursday which is why the post is up today.  Ironically, Philadelphia Daily News columnist Bill Conlin wrote a column on the obsession with Howard’s slump.  In his article, Conlin divided us (I guess I’m one of them now, too) into “bashers”, “coaches” and “partisans”.  While I played baseball through my teenage years, I wouldn’t know any advice to give him.  The last thing I want is for the Phillies to trade him because I’m not one to think that Burrell or ...