Posted by: mb () on Tue Nov 30 14:25:11 2004

According to the stats, about 2/3 of major league pitches are outside. Mosy homeruns are to the pull field and most of these pitches were not "mistakes" where the [itcher goofed and threw in. According to the stats, over half of the homerun pitcges were outside. This is prrof that most major league homerun hitters are not onlt PFO'S but they also clearly understand the principles of top hand torque and bottom hand torque.
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> > > > > > > The 2001 stats average MLB team throws 142.5 pitches per game.
> > > > > > > 2003 Stats average MLB team home runs per game = 2.29.
> > > > > > > Please prove to me statistically your statement of PFO.
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> > > > > > Watch Baseball Tonight on ESPN.
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> > > > > Hi All,
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> > > > > I bet that if one looked at the stats of the majority of the home run hitters, they will establish a pattern of pulling the ball consistently, even on outside pitches (e.g., Big Mac in 1998). The natural field fence is the shortest route to immortality.
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> > > > > Just a thought,
> > > > > BHL
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> > > > How many Hall of Fame power hitters are PFO's? MOST are PFO's!!! And how many used top hand torque? MOST! Just a thought!
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> > > It's not just about Home Runs. Bill James statistic of runs created for 2004 in the AL. Ortiz 127 Ichiro was second with 125. Bill James is senior baseball operations advisor to the world series champion Red Sox.
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> > Sorry, but it IS about power hitting, not slap hitting. How many at this site have cited Bonds as a good example of tht and pfo, vs. Carew or Ichiro?
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> Hi Randy,
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> I must concur. And since pitchers do not throw as inside or high in the strike zone as they did in the past, due to strict rules against "beaning," or "head-hunting," hitters, as SBK once suggested, can move right on the plate, "making outside pitches look like inside pitches," the only ones they will see. This, in turn, makes its relatively easier to yank every pitch over the pull field fence.
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> BHL
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Ortiz is a very large individual.
Last June I was on the field with the Red Sox taking BP. I only noted two players who were clearly using THT. Ramirez and Millar.
If I were to model a right handed hitter it would be Ramirez. Does not crowd the plate. Uses a somewhat closed stance. Hits with power to all fields. also led the AL in slugging percentage 2003