I got into an descion with some on the baseball team here today. They were talking about how many home runs they hit last year and I said "are you going to try and get stronger so you can hit the ball harder this year?" and one of them replied "it doesn't matter how strong you are to hit the baseball far, it just matters how fast your bat speed is". I said back "Sure, but if you get stronger, you will in turn, get faster bat speed though". Both of the players didnt agree and said strength had nothing to do with how far you hit the ball. So all I said back was "why do the best in the world use steroids?" and they both said they didn't know because there is no real reason to want to be stronger in baseball.
So the question I am asking everyone on here is... Do you believe that being stronger will make your bat speed faster and make you hit the ball farther? I believe the obvious answer is that strength helps greatly if you want to hit more home runs.
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