Golfman25 posted:old_school posted:Some interesting team stats from the SEC web site...I assume they have quite a few fairly solid hitters there who job description is to mash...I hope the sarcasm is clear!!
Missouri - AB's - 1126 Extra base hits - 99
S Carolina AB- 1097 EX hits 87
Tenn - 1056 and 81
A&M 1187 and 106
Vandy 1157 and 95
Bama 1076 and 87
Ark - 1166 99
Auburn 1146 and 90
Florida 1083 and 76
GA 1133 and 84
Kentucky 1115 and 117
LSU 1150 and 96
Ole' Miss - 1060 and 75
MSU 1187 and 109
less then 10% of AB's are hits are for extra bases...but you can find "loads" and "tons" of 14u's who are driving it deep - those dumb asses in the SEC should really start recruiting better...again I hope the sarcasm is clear!
So how many of those extra base hits, would have hit the back of the tunnel?
I think the more intriguing question, if we're gonna get anywhere with this, is how many of those were hit with intent to lift and how many were hit with line drive intent. I'm guessing plenty of both. And add in some variances like "hit it hard", "hit it where it's pitched", "see ball, hit ball", "mash", "think middle and react", "look fastball and attack", "look away, stay back and drill the gap", "if he hangs it, bang it", etc.
At the end of the day, there are more than one approaches that can be successful. I also think the discussion would be more interesting if we addressed an earlier question more specifically, and that is "what are the absolutes?".