3rdgen,
You must be visualizing a sweeping curve that a batter might offer at that ends up in the dirt way outside. My son's curve is fairly sharp, and mostly breaks down and if he misses by that much it is mostly miss and not break that causes it. I've never seen a hitter come close to offering when he misses that badly. I'd love to see that first pitch in the dirt just behind the plate and about 6 inches off the corner because there'd be a pretty good chance he'd get a swinging strike and I'd expect the catcher to get his body in front of it and hope he'd get it turned in and block it out toward the front of the plate.