A quick, compact baseball swing popularized by Japanese big leaguers such as Ichiro Suzuki, So Taguchi, Akinori Iwamura, amongst others.
Most effective with a left handed batting style, the jap-slap has become popular with Hispanic and American Major Leaguers such as Juan Pierre and Brett Gardner.
Most effective with a left handed batting style, the jap-slap has become popular with Hispanic and American Major Leaguers such as Juan Pierre and Brett Gardner.
by FRICK TICK June 02, 2011