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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If you played D1 high school or college baseball you might be able to make contact as you’d be more coordinated than average and have the training required. But MLB pitchers are simply on another level. I remember an old bit from The Man Show where Adam Corolla goes to a minor league game and they let him sit in on batting practice. He makes a big show of strutting into the batters box and spitting and grabbing his crotch or whatever to look like a comedic caricature of a tough guy, then the pitcher fires an easy (for him) 90mph fastball down the middle and you can fully see Corolla break character and jump backwards out of the batters box and yell “HOLY SHIT!” with real fear in his voice.
I also remember the last year I played little league as a kid, I was probably 12 and there was one pitcher who could hit 60mph and it felt IMPOSSIBLE. The day before we played that team our coach took us to a batting cage to practice (because HE, an adult male, couldn’t throw the ball that fast) and we all immediately knew we were completely fucked tomorrow.
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