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Thursday, August 06, 2009
“The high fastball (out of the zone) is such a tough pitch to lay off of!”
"It looks so good to the batter.” Yada, yada, yada.
How often have you heard that from an announcer after a batter swings at a pitch over his head or at his eyes?
No it isn’t and no it doesn’t.
Batters occasionally swing at high fastballs out of the zone for the same reason that they occasionally swing at any pitch well out of the strike zone - because they are behind in the count and are fooled or because they don’t have good pitch or strike zone recognition skills.
A batter is probably less likely to swing at an eye high fastball when behind in the count than a curveball or slider in the dirt.
So the next time a batter swings at a breaking pitch in the dirt, turn to your friend and say, “Boy, that’s a tough pitch to lay off of. It looks so good to the batter!”
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