Reply to "Taking pitches"

Dominik8510,000+ posts

Jim T. posted:
I heard of a coach telling his guys to take until 2 (TWO) strikes are called. The situation was that his team was down by 10 runs. Is there any rationale for this? The pitcher was throwing fast balls and attacking the strike zone. He was basically pitching to contact. It sounds so crazy that I wonder if I'm missing something?
I would be interested in hearing your comments.

he was probably thinking that his hitters are not going to hit him anyway and hoping for walks.

6/2/1712:20 PM

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