quote:They were told not to swing at curves until two strikes.
Surely they weren't serious. It would be nice to start every hitter off 0-2, 4 pitches to get the 3rd strike or make them swing at garbage. Meat is meat, IMO, whether it's breaking or not. Would I swing at a curve on the black on the 1st strike? No! Would I swing at a fastball on the black on the 1st strike? No!
Best advice Ted Williams ever got..."get a good pitch to hit!" It was good advice and he didn't say, "get a good fastball to hit"!
Also, if you are going to try to hit every curveball oppo, I'm going to saw you off on curves coming into you on the inside all night. Hit the ball where it's pitched, period!
Lastly, yeah, I got the terminology down pretty well. I gave 3 suggestions, not one. Even on pitches coming in, if you think in your head, wait longer, you won't get out in front of it and you will stay with the ball. You should pull a curve coming in if it's middle in and you should pull a curve going away from you inside 3rd in. On a pitch going away inside 3rd to middle should be hit up the middle and middle out should be hit oppo.