What Happened to Gordon Beckham?

It appears Gordon Beckham has turned his season around, at least for now. However, I wrote an article for the Hardball Times that detailed what exactly went wrong for Beckham mechanically during the first half of 2010. Here is an excerpt:

Looking at Beckham from the side, we see similar elements. You see a deeper load with a longer swing and more complicated movements. The timing doesn’t seem to all be there. Instead of a quick-trigger hitch, which he had in 2009, he now has a long, deep load that in theory might be better for his power production, but in actuality seems to have impeded his overall timing and made his swing longer as well.

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