Kick Back: Mark McGwire-Matt Holliday Hitting Tale Warped For Spin

Back in 2005 and 2006, Matt Holliday, then an outfielder for the Colorado Rockies, began experimenting with a leg kick — a high, pronounced, flamingo-like kick of his leg that he could use as a timing mechanism for his swing. Holliday would try it. Abandon it. Try it. Abandon it.

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