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Monday, June 26, 2006

Smart Hitting

By Tangotiger, 11:22 AM

An NY Times article on Jason Giambi’s approach to hitting

A while ago, I did (ubpublished) research on hitting at different counts.  Mike Piazza, at the time and from the years I had data, never swung at a 3-0 count.  Never.  And yet, pitchers still threw him a ball 40% of the time.  One of the pots of gold in research is how to hit and pitch at each count, given the strengths and weaknesses of the participants, as well as the game context.

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