Posted by: The Hitting Guru () on Fri Jan 5 11:44:25 2007

Jack. Not that I disagree with anything in your post, but I believe the most important thing in hitting the outside pitch is that the hitter has to able to wait and then fire into the pitch. This means the hitter has to have the batspeed/and confidence necessary to believe he can hit the ball when it about to almost pass/pass his front shoulder. The hitter cannot be afraid to jam himself. Derek Jeter, Manny Ramirez, and David Ortiz (to name a few) do this very well.