Posted by: The Hitman () on Sun Nov 4 21:24:40 2001

I have often said hitting is more than mechanics but with 2 top pitchers going at it tonight I thought it would be interesting to hear how others would approach both pitchers tonight.My thought is both are similar in what they throw Schilling may throw more breaking balls.The key is that both are over powering and their low pitch usually sinks to the ground and the high fb you never catch up to.Their weakness however is often when they throw the fb for a strike it is belt high and in the middle of the plate.My plan would be to back off the plate look up the middle and away.Don't try to pull a power pitcher early.Get it belt high and middle away take advantage of hitting it a little further back,don't get jammed inside don't go up for a pitch and take your chances with the low pitch being a splitter and leave it alone.With all this said I very much understand how hard it is to lay off certain pitches but this would be my game plan.

The Hitman,
As a good hitter I would go after the first pitch looking for a fastball middle in, with 1 strike i would probly look middle away fastball, and if i was behind 0-2 or 1-2, then i would look for the splitter just like soriano