Posted by: Dave (cdpaetkau@telus.net) on Fri Nov 5 14:20:47 2004

Hi All,
>
> I would like to begin a constructive debate between those who advocate rotational mechanics and those who believe in one of these four approaches:
>
> 1) Pulling every pitch
> 2) Hitting every pitch up the middle
> 3) Hitting every pitch to the opposite field
> 4) Spray hitting
>
> You are free to use any video, text, picture, and piece of advice to affirm / deny any of these approaches.
>
> Sincerely,
> BHL
> Knight1285@aol.com
>
> P.S. As you may well know, I am a PFO supporter.

Hi BHL

I can not agree with you that pulling all pitches is good and I do not think that you can put a person into only the four categories that you have stated above. There is a thing called situational hitting that is by far more important then stating you must hit to only one area of the field. Defending a one field hitter, though not always completely effective, is a way of cutting down the average of the said player. I do agree that a person must be able to hit the ball to any field if the situation calls for it and that pulling the ball does increase the opportunity of hitting a homerun. I do also see players crowd the plate more now then ever so that they can turn on the outside pitch (which by the way is only a middle of theplate pitch if you stood off the plate). Eventually the players who stand on the plate will get hit more often and struck out more by a pitcher who is not afraid of throwing inside (4-6 inches inside the black). Just my opinion.

Dave