Posted by: () on Fri Apr 2 06:22:51 2004

(1) “Wait and let the ball get in deeper.” – The path of the incoming ball does not get closer to the strike zone the deeper it gets. In fact, the ball will get more of the leading edge of the plate than the back edge (especially with curve balls). Therefore, I see no benefit in allowing an outside pitch to get any deeper than one down the middle – unless I am hitting behind the runner, or etc.

True - the ball does not get any closer to the plate as it gets "deeper" - but the "sweet" part of the bat crosses the outside of the plate "deeper" and the inside part of the plate out in front. That is how you adjust to the horizontal location of the ball.