High schoolers trying to hit MLB level pitching

[chineebai]

Imagine trying to hit a 100mph fastball then a 85 mph slider and then a 99mph sinker and then add in the location, it’s a damn guessing game.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Imagine trying to hit a 100mph fastball then a 85 mph slider and then a 99mph sinker and then add in the location, it’s a damn guessing game.

Nah, imaging trying to identify the pitch as it’s coming out and then still having time to hit it.

To my knowledge, I don’t think batter try to hit the ball when they swing. The try to swing at a location based on where they think the ball is going and the speed it’s traveling.

 

[chineebai]

Nah, imaging trying to identify the pitch as it’s coming out and then still having time to hit it.

To my knowledge, I don’t think batter try to hit the ball when they swing. The try to swing at a location based on where they think the ball is going and the speed it’s traveling.

Hitters must have world class hand eye coordination. Makes you appreciate even the .250 hitters.

 

[In The Zone '98]

That’s why I don’t knock umpires for fukking up calls. They probably be guessing half the time, especially if it’s close.

“Ball”
“Strike”

That one ump who went viral for not missing no pitches was impressive.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

No wonder baseball is dying

 

[Da_Eggman]

The hardest thing in sports to do

Facts

 

[The_Sheff]

Bullshyt. You not hitting 90 MPH pitches unless you’re a high level college player or a pro.

I played baseball for 8 years from a kid till my teens & I can barely hit balls at the cage that’s 60 mph

Yeah i gotta call BS on that unless he went to some private setup. Im not aware of any public batting cages that allow the machines to go 90, hell you rarely see above 70. And 70 at a batting cage is fukking FAST. Letting one of those scoop arm machines throw 90 is a serious safety problem because those machines lose alignment easy and you will get hit.

 

[ryderldb]

I think it would be much harder for an untrained hitter to get a fair bunt off a major league pitcher than to luck into making contact with a regular swing.

The fact that a bunting stance has your head closer to the baseball scares the shyt out of me. I honestly don’t think I could even step in the batters box for a bunt.

 

[GoldenGlove]

I hit against a few Major League prospects in HS and in college.

In HS, I hit leadoff and the pitcher we were facing got drafted in the 3rd Round that year. I lead the game off with a hit, but really dude should have got the K cause he froze the shyt out of me on the nasty breaking ball when I had 2 strikes. The shyt bit so hard that I think the umpire didn't even compute it.

I stepped out the box like a cool ass dude just taking a close pitch tho. Next pitch, lined it to right center, then stole 2nd base, then after that he no hit us the rest of the game.

 

[En Sabah Nur]

The fact that a bunting stance has your head closer to the baseball scares the shyt out of me. I honestly don’t think I could even step in the batters box for a bunt.

Man I'd be scared of trying to bunt and getting my fingers smashed. That would probably hurt more than getting hit anywhere else

 

[staticshock]

Lower level behind the plate seats are not good if you actually want to watch the game. As you said, you can’t see the ball when it’s pitched and you can’t tell where it’s going after it’s hit. That’s why I gotta laugh when I hear fans boo a pitch, I’m like none of you fukkers even saw the ball, you don’t know if it was a strike or not.

Also it’s a huge disconnect between what the fans perceive and reality. What I mean by that is we all have stood on a basketball court and shot a 3 pointer. We know how far away it is. So when a player is out there bricking wide open shots you know he stinking it up because you can hit those from time to time.

In baseball, an extremely tiny amount of people know what it’s like to see a pitch above 75mph. And if you have it was a fastball. No MLB pitcher is throwing a 75mph fastball. I’m here to tell you, a breaking ball coming at you at 85 mph will TERRIFY you. I experienced that and the moment he released the ball my mind said get the fukk out the box or that’s your ass. Well my mind was gone but my body was still there and I hopped out after the ball had already passed me. Right then and there I knew all them “what if” day dreams I had needed to STOP.

Bruh my “nope this shyt ain’t for me” moment in baseball was when I was playing rec ball for East Point..we were playing Welcome All Park, and Marquiss Grissom’s nephews just so happen to be their pitchers. Them nikkas were throwing curve balls & NONE of us ever seen that shyt before

Dudes had our whole team jumping out the box cause we swore we was bout to get hit before the ball curved back to the plate

 

[GoldenGlove]

No wonder baseball is dying

shyts different. When I was playing and growing up watching it, it was rare for guys to be throwing 95+ mph. Now when you turn a game on feels like every reliever throwing damn near 100.

Hitters hitting that shyt too. Times is wild in sports

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

i played baseball in H.S. it was a lot harder to be an asset to the team than any other sport...

 

[mastermind]

I remember going to the batting cages and hitting 90 MPH pitches. Didn’t take long to time the pitches and get my Tony Gwynn on. I did remember thinking how much harder it would have been by adding the human element to it though (pitch variety, etc.).

batting cages is just straight line fastballs

The movement on a professionals pitches would make you tear your ACL.

 

[CEO of Morgan Industries]

I think it would be much harder for an untrained hitter to get a fair bunt off a major league pitcher than to luck into making contact with a regular swing.

Yep. Laying down a bunt is low-key one of the hardest things to do and to do well.

shyts different. When I was playing and growing up watching it, it was rare for guys to be throwing 95+ mph. Now when you turn a game on feels like every reliever throwing damn near 100.

Hitters hitting that shyt too. Times is wild in sports

And a lot of these relievers are hitting 99-101 with movement. Sweeping sliders that look just like a fastball when released and shyt.