On Friday night in the Cardinals game against the Rockies something rare and exciting happened. In the bottom of the third inning Jack Flaherty took former teammate Austin Gomber deep for his first ever major league homer. It looked a little something like this:
I have previously broken this down after John Gant hit his first big league homer, but I think it could use a little updating.
Part 1: The Swing
This part is not always pretty, but in the case of Jack Flaherty, his home run swing was done in style.