Ralph Kiner's Swing

As you may know, I am a huge fan of the swing of Mickey Mantle; I literally can't get enough of it and am constantly bemoaning the fact that it's frustratingly hard -- a national embarrassment, to be honest -- to find good clips of Mantle.

However, the passing of Ralph Kiner led me to take a look at Kiner's swing, and when I did I saw the same basic swing as Mantle's, to an amazing degree.

Perhaps what I used to call the secret of Mickey Mantle's swing is more properly the secret of Ralph Kiner's Swing, given that Kiner preceded Mantle.

Ralph Kiner

Ralph Kiner