I want to start this by saying, I am not so idiotic as to think I actually would be able to hit a major league pitcher.
But when presented with the “do you think you’d be able to even make contact on 1 out of 100 pitches by a pitcher”, I’d like to understand why.
Like if they did nothing but pitch breaking stuff, couldn’t I just overcorrect? Same deal with fastballs? I’m sure they would mix it up, but out of 100 straight pitches, if you were a major-league pitcher, what would you do to make sure that they never made contact?
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The specific athleticism required is also not present in most/all of us normies.
You don’t swing with your arms and elbows; you spin your entire body and pivot your feet to really drive into the ball. All of that within fractions of a second from when the ball is released.
Like, if we tried to hit a perfect hit off a tee-ball, it would literally take us 20+ actual contacts to get a solid “hit”, not to mention we would totally whiff a couple, and that’s a ball that’s entirely stationary
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