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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Tuesday, January 24, 2023Is All Fair in Love and WAR?: The Importance of Hard-Hit Foul Balls
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Posted: January 24, 2023 at 12:59 AM | 5 comment(s)
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1. Walt Davis Posted: January 24, 2023 at 06:12 AM (#6114154)How is this anything other than blindingly obvious?
I guess it's nice that somebody took the time to check.
Steve Stone always warned about those foul balls that were rockets straight back to the screen, suggested the pitcher not throw him that pitch again in this plate appearance. (He was usually right.) I don't know if those count as bullets here or not. Those happen when the guy's timing and swing speed are perfect but he nearly missed the ball entirely so the "launch angle" is terrible. Foul bullets would be ones where the swing plane and bat speed are right on but the timing is off a bit. No doubt Stone would (and probably did) say the same thing about those.
The 2nd paragraph of the excerpt suggests the difference is primarily Ks becoming BBs ... is that established further in the article?
How is this anything other than blindingly obvious?
This just in: Guys who hit ballz hard is gud at base ball.
I don't know. Gary Sheffield seemed to do it at least once per plate appearance.
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