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Language: en
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you have just under four tenths of a
second from the time of balls release
till it hits the catcher's mitt when
you're physically in the box and the
pitch is coming you think about nothing
but the ball from a physics perspective
you're trying to figure out how to hit
the ball as far as possible the primary
thing is how fast that bat is moving
when the ball in the back make contact
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that's the angle of the ball is gonna
leave the bat and optimally they're
looking to create one between 25 and 35
degrees
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this is the place along the length of
the bat that is best at transferring
energy to the ball it's typically maybe
five or six inches in from the end of
the bat
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batters are simply trying to hit more
home runs
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when I first started coming up in Major
League Baseball we were taught to hit
the top part of the ball try to hit a
hard ground ball and if you get lucky
you know maybe you'll hit a little bit
lower and maybe you'll get a home run
now if you fast forward players now
we're trying to actually hit just below
the center of the ball to try to create
more home runs I played at stadiums with
this 50,000 people screaming and when
you get in the box and the pitcher he's
about to deliver I don't remember
hearing anything it just goes completely
silent pretty much I think you're so
locked in so when I hit I've never heard
the crack of the bat I've never heard
anything none of that matters and then
once you finally start to run then all
of a sudden it comes back