Reply to ""Pitch to Contact""

Steven Ellis10+ posts

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Does it mean let the other team put the ball in play, and not try to strike everybody out? How exactly do you do that? By not always trying for corners?

Good discussion, Rob. That's exactly what it means. But I tend only to hear it on TV from commentators who weren't pitchers back in the day. I know strikeouts are fascist :-) And there are certainly situations where as a pitcher you're really looking for a ground ball. But I never actually thought, "OK, now I'm going to pitch to contact" in college or pro ball; I just went after everybody with a game plan and the best stuff I had that day.

10/15/097:20 PM

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