Jeff Bagwell was a marvel. You have to be one to get into the Hall of Fame. If you happen to be a first baseman, your bat has to be particularly marvelous for you to reach Cooperstown. Bagwell hit ...

Jeff Bagwell. Jeff Bagwell was one of the best players of the 1990s and 2000s and will likely reach the Hall of Fame in the coming years, so we can’t question much about his approach.

Jeff Bagwell, Career Batting Average: .297 Bagwell's stance at the plate was pretty special. First, the former first baseman would spread his legs unprecedentedly far apart — as far apart as 3 ...

Some MLB players have classic batting stances and elegant swings that embody the Platonic ideal of a big league hitter. ... No. 7: 1B Jeff Bagwell 4 of 10. Ronald Martinez/Getty Images.

Jeff Bagwell, whose undisputed leadership, trademarked crouched stance and powerful bat... Jeff Bagwell replaces Berry as Astros hitting coach Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

KISSIMMEE, FLA. - As a joke, Jeff Bagwell might stand in the batter's box once this year like everybody else. He might stand just the way Little League coaches teach. If you see Bagwell in a ...

Schmoldt says: This one is like shooting fish in a barrel. Sure, you've got some goofy batting stances out there. Jeff Bagwell probably wins the award for the batting stance that most looks like a ...

Jeff Bagwell's batting stance is one that wasn't repeated by many. Getty Images A style all his own. In an alternate universe, Bagwell could just as easily have been wearing a Boston Red Sox cap ...

The batting stances that hitters employ are what helps to make the game of baseball so unique. ... Jeff Bagwell was a fabulous hitter during his 15-year career with the Houston Astros, ...

The Astros weren’t bothered by Bagwell’s unorthodox batting stance, which resembled a human horseshoe from the waist down. “I was always tinkering with my swing,” the .297 lifetime hitter ...

Check out Bagwell’s 1994 season, which was shortened by the strike and by another broken hand (that quirky batting stance left his wrist and hand exposed over the plate and landed him on the DL ...