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stopbush

(24,630 posts) Mon Oct 10, 2016, 11:22 PM Oct 2016

What's with NL batters chasing bad pitches?

I don't watch many NL games, but I've noticed that NL batters tend to swing at bad pitches. A lot. These aren't pitches that have a lot of movement in them. They're bad leaving the pitcher's hand.

Is there some hitting philosophy in the NL that accounts for this? I know the AL is all about patience in the batter's box. Is the strike zone more generous in the NL per the umps?

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What's with NL batters chasing bad pitches? (Original Post) stopbush Oct 2016 OP

You're witnessing some wicked cool postseason pitching. The cream of the crop. Brother Buzz Oct 2016 #1

No, that's not it at all. I'm seeing batters chasing pitches out of the strike zone stopbush Oct 2016 #2

Brother Buzz

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1. You're witnessing some wicked cool postseason pitching. The cream of the crop.

Reply to stopbush (Original post)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 12:17 AM

Oct 2016

Having a ball hurled at you at a hundred miles an hour from 60 ft 6 inches away doesn't give you much time to process the pitch. Some say you have six to eight feet to determine where the ball might be. The same thing is happening in the American league. This is what postseason baseball is all about.

stopbush

(24,630 posts)

2. No, that's not it at all. I'm seeing batters chasing pitches out of the strike zone

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 12:34 AM

Oct 2016

that the average AL batter would let go. I'm watching pitches that should be easily identified as being off the plate as they leave the pitchers' hand, balls that have no movement on them once they're released.

The batters are hacking away...which does make the pitchers look good, even though they're throwing, not pitching.

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