Thank you both (Mark and Tom). I'm not ignoring your posts - I'm trying to digest them. A lot of info for me to ... ponder.. and go out and try with my own bat. Mark, I understand the disconnection reasoning in #18 now - thx. Still not sure I understand the diff in 14 & 19 - and I don't see how timing is an issue. I could see it being that #19loses the V, or I could see it being that Ortiz is doing it only for an inside pitch while #19 does it as a normal basis for a swing - I just haven't grasped the timing as the reason for one being a good swing vs the other being a bad swing. Ah, unless by 'timing' you mean the pitch selection - not when the hands come through or something like that, but Oritiz's timing to do it was on the inside pitch and the other guy does it all the time? Thank you again.
A push of the hands forward disconnects the hands and bat from the rotating torso. It then becomes an arm swing.