Hitting at that speed is more reactionary. In college I had at bats against guys that threw gas. When I would talk about it with my family later they would ask you knew when to swing and when to take. I couldn't really explain it. You just do.
As to your point about guys hitting .125 - any guy in the majors is a beast. Even the guys who hit under 200 are usually the best player to come out of wherever they are from.
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Originally Posted by steve B
I can choose the pitcher? 
Wakefield, or maybe any other knuckleball pitcher.
I'd most likely go down swinging on 3 pitches, but I'd only have a chance on a pitch under about 70MPH so a knuckleballer would be about it.
I took a few rounds in a 90+ batting cage once. 40 pitches and finally just barely touched one. Enough to hear but not enough to even deflect the ball.
All I could see was the ball leaving the machine, a white flash about halfway then heard the thump as it hit the pads.
That gave me a whole different outlook on the guys batting .125 or whatever. And an even different outlook on the better hitters.
Steve B |