Posted by: Jimmy () on Fri Dec 7 10:29:53 2007

""it depends on the count, the type of pitch, the location, what you are trying to do (move the runner from 2B, or hit a sac fly to score the man from 3B)""

Good hitters do not try to hit fly balls with a runner at 3rd and less than two outs. They still try to hit line drives from gap to gap.

Hitters hit plenty of fly balls when trying to hit line drives so why would we tell them to try to be under the ball even more.

Hitters that try to hit a sac fly usually either strike out, pop up to the infield, or hit a weak ground ball back to the pitcher.

The only difference a hitter should probably take is looking for a pitch a little more up in the strike zone.

Jimmy