Hello guys, I just brewed up a huge controversial topic that was always in my house when I was in 17 (6 years ago). For ages, my dad and I would argue whether or not I needed to get bigger in order to add more torque/strength to my body in order to have a fast swing for baseball. I know bat speed is a big component in how hard/far a ball is hit, but what about mass/torque are they any part in it. You see, my dad would say "don't worry about getting bigger, just get stronger, that will give bat speed and torque." But I always thought in my mind if more mass was behind the bat along with stength, then youd crush the baseball alot farther than if you were just really strong. Is this true? I mean look at Barry Bonds, for example, hes strong as hell, but hes also a big boy which he used to crush homers. Is his strength more directly related to his hittin so many homers, or is the mass more imortant? please help me with this because this will greatly depend on whether I decide to keep bulking and take tes e w/ dbol or just use cutting steroids to get insanely strong but not loose my strength later on. as far as torque goes, for example with kenetic energy, if a 250 lb man hits you at 10mph compared to a 125lb girl at 10mph, which would cause you to move farther/fall over faster. I apply this to if you have more mass behind the bat when swingning, then maybe that kenetic energy is what makes the ball go farther/harder than if a small person swinings a little faster but doesnt hit it as far. sorry if it is a little confusing but i had to put this out there. its been bugging me for 6 years and has been the reason why i became interested in bodybuilding/powerlifting, with supps, aas, etc.