Posted by: Jimmy () on Fri Jan 5 12:18:22 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.

Guru,

Great point! Do you believe that the hitter is stationary as he waits to fire into the pitch?

Jimmy